More than 20 Marines have been disciplined for misconduct at the service's recruit training center in San Diego since 2017, incidents that included some physical attacks and racist and homophobic slurs, according to Marine Corps officials and documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Brendan Bialy, 18, who helped tackle and disarm a gunman during a school shooting earlier this year, has graduated Marine Corps boot camp, where he distinguished himself as platoon honor man.

Pfc. Ali Al-kazahg's charges including carrying a concealed weapon, possessing modified firearms, making threats and fraudulent enlistment.

The Crane, Ind.-based Naval Surface Warfare Center issued a request for information about the modular grenades last month, along with several other early-stage procurement notices about several flash-bang grenade variants.

Formal charges were announced last week against the Marines, about two months after their arrests. All of the arrested Marines are lance corporals serving in two battalions of the 1st Marine Division.

About 700 Marines took over the Corps’ mission in Norway on Friday, marking the latest troop rotation into a country where American forces have for the past several years been focused on cold weather warfare tactics.

The new charges against Lance Cpl. Kahsai Tyree Hill, 21, are related to allegations that he punched a Japanese man in the face and choked a 19-year-old woman.

The task, which will provide work for 18 of CTC’s approximately 300 Richland Township employees, will support hull designs for Science Applications International Corp’s Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle, or ARV. The vehicle could eventually replace the legacy Light Armored Vehicle, which has been used since the early 1980s.

Sgt. Derek Diesel, 25, died from a gunshot wound to the head while posted as an armed sentry at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, according to a military report.

Members of the 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, a Marine unit stationed in West Palm Beach, were ordered to find another venue for the unit's annual ball after the event was originally been scheduled to take place at the president’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.

Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 suffered from “inadequate oversight of training and operations” and an “unprofessional command climate” when the Hornet fighter jet crashed Dec. 6 into the rear of the KC-130 Super Hercules while conducting air-to-air refueling off Japan’s coast.

The Ospreys had spent the past six months in Australia as part of the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin aviation combat element, training in more than a dozen exercises across the country.

The charges against the Marines — all of whom are lance corporals serving in two battalions of the 1st Marine Division — vary, but include larceny, perjury, drunkenness and failure to obey an order.

While specific funding sources for the upcoming ball hosted by the 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company of West Palm Beach, Fla. are unclear, the practice of spending taxpayer money at Trump properties has been criticized by Democrats and government watchdogs.

The incident started at approximately 7 a.m. Tuesday when a Marine truck towing a 32-foot boat arrived at Motobu Port from Camp Schwab. The Marines were met by about 100 Okinawan demonstrators and turned away after a nine-hour protest.

Allison Alexia Seely, 19, and Andrew Christian Gray, 23, are charged with one count each of felony trafficking in LSD by selling, felony trafficking in LSD by delivering, felony trafficking in LSD by manufacturing, and felony trafficking in LSD by possession.

A 19-year-old South Carolina man killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday morning in Carlsbad was a Camp Pendleton Marine, authorities said Thursday.

Pfc. Josue Valdez Sarmiento is now under investigation following his actions at a California school, where he attempted to break up a fight by tackling two students.

Lt. Col. Francisco Zavala, the former commanding officer of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton, is accused of assault, destruction of property, making false official statements and conduct unbecoming an officer.

Each member of the Charvat family was awarded $500,000 for pain and suffering in the jury’s decision last week. An additional $42,000 was awarded for medical bills and other expenses.

The high-stakes Incheon landing marked a crucial turning point early in the Korean War which, absent a formal peace treaty, is technically still underway. Some military commanders argued it was too risky, but Gen. Douglas MacArthur insisted the riskiness only boosted the element of surprise.

Gabriel Poon and Derek D. Robertson are part of a generation of new servicemembers enlisting 18 years after terrorist attacks they don’t remember, knowing there’s a chance they will be sent to fight in military engagements few believe will end any time soon.

Officials believe that equipment failure severed the hydraulic line of the vehicle, causing the fire. The two Marines inside escaped without injury.

Invalid search warrants led to the dismissal of a master sergeant’s conviction, prison sentence and dishonorable discharge. Now the Navy is asking the nation’s highest military court to reverse the decision.

A recent Defense Department report found more than 17% of military personnel are considered obese, up from less than 16% four years earlier.

A lack of a landscape agreement with local contractors means there's a lot more overgrown grass on Marine Corps bases in Okinawa — and more grass means more places for the venomous habu snake to hide.

The unidentified Marine, a member of the 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, was injured July 28 during scheduled live-fire training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.

Through the survey, Marines have an opportunity to give ideas about all areas of the physical fitness programs within the service and voice their opinions on topics such as enhancing education on performance nutrition.

The incident occurred Tuesday at approximately 5:30 p.m., about five miles east of Okinawa’s main island, when a Super Stallion based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma reportedly lost a 23-by-19-inch Plexiglas window.

Jose Rodriguez collapsed after finishing the running portion of the “initial strength test” Aug. 21 at a recruiting station. He died Friday at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Maryland, a Marine Corps spokesman said.

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has called for an expanded review of the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps to include an assessment of the Marines’ Judge Advocates after a recent court-martial raised concerns about the service’s ability to handle legal cases effectively.

Lance Cpl. Andrew Johnson is charged with unpremeditated murder and several offenses related to his alleged careless handling of firearms related to the shooting death of Lance Cpl. Riley Kuznia.

A Marine colonel with prior experience at the base returned Thursday to assume command of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.

The Marine Corps recently remodeled several cottages at San Onofre Beach in Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Lance Cpl. Domonic Bulgara, 20, was arrested in an Araha Beach parking lot in Chatan after striking a patrol officer who had stopped to break up an argument involving Bulgara and an unspecified number of individuals.

Maj. Jason Brezler used his personal email account to send a classified warning about a corrupt Afghan police chief in 2012, roughly two weeks before a teenage boy working for the chief opened fire on unarmed Marines in a fatal attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan.

The pending military charges for each of the 12 Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment vary — however most of them are related to human smuggling.

Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer was killed during operations against an Islamic State group in the expansive Ninevah province, where efforts are ongoing to clear the remnants of the terrorist group.

Marine Corps Exchanges are selling off their stocks of DVDs and Blu-ray discs and will end sales of the media in the next few months, an official said.

Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, of Mancos, Colo., died after apparently being hit by enemy small-arms fire in combat, the Pentagon said in a statement late Sunday. This incident is under investigation.

An FBI agent asked only for coffee and donuts Friday morning at his retirement party. What he got instead was the grown-up version of a baby he rescued from a kidnapper nearly 22 years ago in Lakewood, Washington. That baby is now a 170-pound U.S. Marine Corps Corporal.

1st Lt. Matthew Kraft, a platoon leader based out of Camp Pendleton, went missing while on a two-week backcountry ski trip through the High Sierras of California in early 2019.

Sailors and Marines could still pop positive on a drug test if they use cannabidiol, popularly known as CBD, while treating medical conditions, the Navy warned this week.

Chesty XV, the nearly 2-year-old pedigreed English bulldog who serves as the Marine Corps' mascot, reached the rank of lance corporal more quickly than most privates first class.

1st Lt. Catherine Stark earned her wings Friday at a ceremony in Kingsville, Texas, and in doing so became the first female Marine to be assigned to the U.S. Navy's F-35C fleet replacement squadron.

Raheel Siddiqui's family brought the claim after investigators found evidence of hazing by Siddiqui's drill instructor prior to the 20-year-old recruit's death at the training base at Parris Island, South Carolina, in 2016.

A pair of Marines were flying drones by a river when their outing took an unexpected turn and they ended up helping a man with a spear sticking out of his rib cage.

Boeing opened a $115 million factory in Pennsylvania on Thursday to enable the company to start refurbishing V-22 tilt-rotor Ospreys while still building new ones, in air-conditioned comfort.

Lance Cpl. Andrew M. Johnson is accused of pointing a pistol at the head of Lance Cpl. Riley S. Kuznia, 20, and “pulling the trigger in jest,” according to a charge sheet released Thursday by the Marine Corps.

Lance Cpl. Kahsai Tyree Hill, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, admitted to punching a 24-year-old taxi driver in the face on May 25, which left a bruise that required “two weeks medical treatment,” according to prosecutors.

Marine Brig. Gen. William Bowers has assumed command of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, a far-flung organization responsible for operating bases in Hawaii, Japan, South Korea and, soon, Guam.

Two Marines and a sailor, all based at Camp Pendleton, are attached to the same unit — 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment — as the 16 others arrested at morning formation Thursday.

The Marines and NCIS have not yet revealed the names of the Marines arrested or whether they have been charged with any crimes.

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s troubled $31 billion Marine Corps helicopter program has demonstrated enough progress overcoming technical problems that it warrants receiving previously withheld research dollars.

Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, which trains in Australia for six months during the southern hemisphere summer, has built up slowly since an initial contingent of 250 Marines hit the beach there in 2012.

Created in March by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Karl to help Marines without cars or a lot of spending money, Fidelis Rides provides free lifts on Friday and Saturday nights to any servicemember who requests one.

Spurred by an intense patriotism and desire to help her country during wartime, June Fremont enlisted in the Marine Corp in 1943. "I picked it because it was the hardest for a woman to get into," she said.

Police say a man who falsely represented his military service pocketed $391,000 from a charity that raised money from Marine families under the pretense that all of the money would help send Marine families to Disney World or boot camp graduations.

The new Marine commandant’s pledge to significantly expand parental leave has buoyed advocates for military families, who say they hope that policies allowing for more caregiving time will spread beyond the Marine Corps.

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The Marines have been renowned for their ability to get from ship to shore under fire since World War II, but Monday’s training made clear that their mates have plenty of firepower to bring to the party.

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Locals and vacationers in the small Australian town Bowen were eager to get to know U.S. Marines patrolling their streets this week as part of the biennial Talisman Sabre exercise.

The second phase of a counterterrorism exercise between U.S. and Philippine armed forces is underway in the Philippines, according to the Japan-based 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.

The USS Kearsarge and USS Arlington returned to Norfolk on Thursday following a seven-month deployment. They were greeted by cheering friends, family members, newborn babies and even a few tail-wagging dogs.

This won’t be the first time Col. Amy Ebitz and Col. Curtis Ebitz — married since 2003 — commanded a unit at the same time. But it will be the first time that they will assume their leadership roles on the same day.

Sgt. Meredith F. "Buster" Keirn of the U.S. Marines died on a frozen North Korean hillside in 1950 after a grenade blast severed his left arm. His remains — which were returned to the U.S. in 2015 — will be buried on Aug. 8 with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

Embattled Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter was issued a cease-and-desist letter from the Marine Corps for using its official emblem and slogan in a campaign mailer that targeted three Muslim officials.

MCAS Futenma is in a densely packed urban area in central Okinawa, which has given rise to safety concerns. The plan is to close Futenma and relocate Marine air operations to Camp Schwab in a less-populated coastal area to the north.

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Marine Pvt. Atiqullah Assadi, who graduated from boot camp last week, would be among a small but valued number of native Afghan U.S. servicemembers fighting a war now in its 18th year.

AmerAsian School in Okinawa was founded by mothers looking for a safe environment to educate their mixed-race children without the threat of bullying. Servicemembers have visited the school to connect with students and help with projects around campus.

While tributes helped the families of two Camp Pendleton Marines killed during training exercises process their grief, they remain unclear about what caused the fatalities. They expected their sons eventually would deploy and put their lives at risk, but they didn’t expect either would die while training on base.

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Members of III Marine Expeditionary Force tested their combat lifesaving skills during a simulation in a room staged to look like a market somewhere in the Middle East.

Gen. David H. Berger became the 38th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps during a passage of command ceremony Thursday morning in Washington, D.C.

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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton has played a major role in military history over the past 77 years, and John Farritor is one of the rare men who has seen that history unfold from the start.

A platoon from the Okinawa-based 12th Marine Regiment brought three High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launchers to Australia for the monthlong, biennial drills involving 34,000 U.S. and Australian troops.

A federal judge in the criminal case against Rep. Duncan Hunter ruled in an order filed Tuesday that a campaign-funded trip Hunter’s family took to Italy was not legally protected legislative activity, and neither were efforts to control political damage from a probe into his campaign spending.

The selective reenlistment bonuses for fiscal year 2020 include incentives for aviation maintenance, air traffic controllers, infantry squad leaders and Marines willing to make a lateral move to select specialties such as intelligence and cyberdefense.

Lance Cpls. Byron Darnell Law II and David Javier Salazar-Quintero, based in Camp Pendleton, were arraigned Monday in federal court on charges of transporting undocumented immigrants "for financial gain."

Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hermesmann will lead a mission that involves everything from countering Russia in the High North to improving the combat skills of allies involved in counterterrorism fights in Africa.

The Marine Corps is making good on a 2011 promise to send 2,500 Marines annually to Australia as part of a strengthened alliance in the face of Chinese expansionism, with over 1,000 Marines and 17 aircraft from Hawaii in the mix.

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The 37-year physical trainer and Marine veteran from Islip, N.Y., is one of 30 competitors entered in the 100-mile Cry Me A River Trail Run this weekend.

Lance Cpl. Kahsai Tyree Hill has been in Japanese police custody since he was arrested on suspicion of punching a taxi driver in the face after not paying a $7.40 fare and then assaulting others while fleeing the scene in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, according to local media reports.

Col. Daniel Wilson, was sentenced in 2017 to 66 months, or more than five years, behind bars and a dismissal — the officer equivalent of a dishonorable discharge — after he was convicted of sexual abuse of a child.

The Marine Corps recently found that pairing scout snipers, well-known for their stealth and deadly aim, with electronics wizards from a little-known and secretive discipline doesn’t mean sacrificing the ability to sneak around the battlefield. It may even enhance it.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called on the U.S. this week to free Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko from prison in exchange for Americans it is holding. Ryabkov stopped short of saying Russia would be willing to release Paul Whelan.

The Marine Corps is offering some of its aviators bonuses of up to $280,000 to remain in the service as the service looks to improve pilot retention, an issue the military has struggled with in recent years.

Camp Lejeune is warning base personnel of a potential threat to human safety after staff captured two exotic snakes roaming the Marine Corps base, which is dense with pine forests, underbrush and alligator-infested swamps.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals reviewed the 2017 court-martial of Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Felix Jr. and affirmed his conviction and sentence.

Col. William Blanchard was relieved of command by Brig. Gen. William Bowers, commander of the Marine Corps Education Command, on June 19 “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command,” according to a statement.

For 36-years Jo-Ann and Edward Corr shared their love together after they were married. On June 21, while riding on a motorcycle in New Hampshire, they spent their last moment together.

A man who authorities say shot a Marine to death outside a strip club in San Bernardino in 2016 before fleeing to Mexico was convicted of murder Tuesday, June 25.

The cause of a collision between KC-130J tanker and an F/A-18 Hornet is still under investigation.

Cpl. Reuben Chebon Mwei, originally assigned to 2nd Maintenance Battalion, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was convicted of murder and false imprisonment Monday.

Thousands of sailors and Marines sailed into 5th Fleet waters Monday as an amphibious assault group led by the USS Boxer deployed to the region, where tensions are flaring between the U.S. and Iran.

A ceremony, held on the anniversary of the day fighting ended on Okinawa in 1945, served as a tribute to the thousands of American servicemembers, Japanese troops and Okinawan noncombatants who lost their lives. At some points, protestors shouted their opposition to the continued U.S. military presence on the island.

A teen who fatally stabbed a Kaneohe Bay Marine during an attack by 15 youths in the early morning hours of Oct. 21, 2017, in Waikiki pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter Friday and will serve no more than 20 years in prison.