Marines

A Marine refuels an AH-1Z Viper during training at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 16, 2020.

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It seems it has become the modus operandi of the Marine Corps to make examples out of its servicemembers for the sake of better PR.

Recruits complete the Obstacle Course in the early morning hours before grass week classes begin on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.

Robert E. Lee, a U.S. Army officer, played a major role in putting down a rebellion against the United States just prior to the Civil War. 

A Marine with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company guides his parachute after a free fall jump at Camp Shelby, Miss., Oct. 6.

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fly west above the Pacific Ocean.

9/11 showed how difficult it is to predict the needs of the battlespace, but it’s hard to imagine the ACV is well-suited for future warfare.

AAVs are central to the mission of the Corps, but with no major amphibious landings in sixty years, it risks being dismantled or assimilated. 

Marines fire an M240B medium machine gun during a night shoot aboard the USS Germantown in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 27, 2020.

This documentary film will follow the MARSOC 3 from the night of the alleged incident, through their trial and the ultimate outcome.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion prepare to conduct a Low Level Static Line (LLSL) jump over Camp Davis, North Carolina.