The search for a 26-year-old Worcester marine who was swept away by strong currents while vacationing in Puerto Rico has entered a “passive” phase, Puerto Rican authorities said.

Around 170 people took part in the ceremony, but no U.S. World War II veterans came this year to the island now known as Iwo To in Japan, a III Marine Expeditionary Force spokesman said.

U.S. troops are preparing for conflict on an island-hopping battlefield across Asia, against an enemy force that has home-field advantage.

U.S. Marines have returned to northern Australia as part of a six-month training tour across the South Pacific that will also include drills in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Samuel Wanjiru, 26, went missing on Wednesday afternoon after going into the water in the beach area of La Pared in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard said.

The experiment, known as Project Convergence, was the largest effort yet to pull the services together under a single command and control apparatus to choose the best weapon in the Pentagon’s arsenal to destroy a target quickly.

Nearly two years ago, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Frazier helped save the life of a fellow Marine. Last week, Frazier received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.

The Bataan returned to its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk. Carter Hall returned to its homeport at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek.

The Marine Corps has launched two surveys designed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the diverse perspectives of all who live in the barracks or military housing.

Gen. Al Gray, the 29th commandant of the Marine Corps, died Wednesday after a brief stay in hospice care, the service announced.

The first waves of Marines and sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned home to North Carolina following an extended eight-month deployment with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group.

The Marine Corps should train male and female recruits in gender-integrated platoons at both of its recruit depots and the Pentagon should adopt new polices to protect the careers of pregnant troops, a Pentagon panel focused on issues affecting women recommended.

Marine was drowsy and intoxicated while driving on Route 224 in Okinawa city Aug. 12, according to a summary of the indictment. He strayed into the opposing lane and collided with an oncoming vehicle, injuring a 54-year-old driver.

Col. Seth MacCutcheon, commander of the School of Infantry-West, and Maj. Nicolas Engle, commander of Reconnaissance Training Company, were both relieved on March 8 by Brig. Gen. Farrell Sullivan, a Marine spokesperson said in a statement.

A Marine Corps staff sergeant dismissed from the service for posing as a woman on an online dating site to obtain nude images from other women is entitled to a new trial, the service’s criminal appeals court has ruled.

The U.S. Marine Corps on Thursday reported the first flight of an MV-22 Osprey in Japan since a deadly crash nearly four months ago temporarily grounded the aircraft across the U.S. and Japanese militaries.

U.S. Southern Command said Wednesday that it had deployed a Marine Fleet-Anti-terrorism Security Team “to maintain strong security capabilities” at the Embassy in Port-au-Prince and “conduct relief in place for our current Marines” at the request of the State Department.

The Marine Corps has stopped requiring women to wear pantyhose with their uniform skirts, a change made at the request of one unidentified female Marine.

Osprey pilots and air and maintenance crews with the 3rd Marine Airwing are training with MV-22 Ospreys again after the tiltrotor aircraft was grounded for three months.