Marine Corps changes marksmanship qualification standards for first time in more than a century

Changes announced Monday to scoring and shooting standards for Marine Corps marksmanship requirements will better account for the speed at which a Marine shoots at a target, not just accuracy.

Hawaii Marine gets 30 years for sexually assaulting children

Staff Sgt. Jawan T. Hale, 37, pleaded guilty to 13 charges of crimes against children as defined by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He was sentenced Wednesday.

Court fines teenage Marine $680 for assaulting older Japanese man, trespassing

A Japanese court fined a 19-year-old Marine the equivalent of about $680 for trespassing and assaulting an older man in November near this air base south of Hiroshima.

US military flies Marines into Haiti embassy, evacuating some staff in overnight airlift

As heavily armed gangs turn the country’s capital into a battlefield, the State Department flew in U.S. Marines in a middle-of-the-night operation conducted via helicopter.

Military services lift flight ban on grounded Ospreys following November crash

The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force lifted the flight ban on grounded V-22 Ospreys.

Motorcycle collision kills Camp Foster-based Marine on Okinawa

A Marine assigned to Camp Foster died when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle, police said.

Importance of cyberwarfare a key takeaway from this year’s Cobra Gold, general says

Thousands of troops from 30 nations started for home Friday as the largest military exercise in mainland Asia officially came to a close.

US Marines make ‘lasting impression’ on migrant children in Thailand

Children clad in bright pink polo shirts laughed, danced and cheered during a visit from U.S. Marines taking a community-relations break from two weeks of Cobra Gold military drills.

Marines investigate corporals charged with scrawling antisemitic and racial graffiti

The Marine Corps is investigating two lance corporals assigned to the prestigious Marine Corps Barracks Washington for their roles in scrawling antisemitic and racial slurs on the walls of a dormitory at the University of Maryland.

Marine unit and Bataan amphibious group make way out of Mediterranean

The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group left the Mediterranean Sea this week after a nearly eight-month deployment.