Stealth fighter makes first vertical landing aboard modified Japanese warship

A U.S. fifth-generation fighter jet landed on a Japanese helicopter destroyer this week, bringing Japan one step closer to taking its own advanced stealth fighters to sea.

The F-35, world’s costliest weapons program, failed to hit readiness marks for 6 years, GAO says

All versions of the F-35, the world’s costliest weapons program, have failed to meet minimum combat readiness rates for six straight years, according to the watchdog agency for Congress.

Fresh from typhoon duty, Marines join allies to rehearse Philippine disaster response

U.S. Marines drew on recent real-world experience over the weekend to practice their disaster response skills alongside their Filipino and Japanese allies on a stretch of Philippine coast along the South China Sea.

‘You never know where life will lead you’: Marine veteran finds her calling as a para-athlete

Jataya “Jay” Taylor was forced to abandon her dream of a military career just three years after joining the Marine Corps, when the usual bumps, sprains and other scrapes from training did not heal normally but grew worse.

Hawaii’s Marine Littoral Regiment trains for high-tech operations

The 3rd Marine Regiment has since been reorganized into the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment — or MLR — as the Corps looks to reorganize for the 21st century.

Rotational Marines tapped for typhoon relief mission in northern Philippines

U.S. Marines were preparing to fly 49 tons of American aid to typhoon victims in the northern Philippines.

Marine Corps’ unmanned ‘narco-boat’ heads to Okinawa for Indo-Pacific trial

The Marine Corps will soon deploy an unmanned, semisubmersible watercraft designed to move supplies and weapons across large ocean distances in waters surrounding Okinawa.

Marine receives highest non-combat award for heroism in training incident

The training incident in question involved a potentially deadly mishap with a live fragmentation grenade.

Marine Corps’ newest rotational force arrives in Philippines for 6 months of training

A relatively new Marine Corps rotational force has arrived in the Philippines for its third six-month deployment, just as the longtime U.S. ally engages in a test of wills with China.

Sexual assault cases on Okinawa buck falling crime rate among island’s US troops

A modest spike in sexual assault cases against U.S. troops has again raised the specter of rape on Okinawa but data show it’s a sporadic, infrequent crime.