Navy, Marine Corps and Philippine ships and aircraft began search-and-rescue efforts immediately after the incident was reported and continued searching through the night, according to statements.

A U.S. Marine was shot and wounded inside a base in Syria earlier this year, and there isn't enough evidence to determine whether the gunman, who is a member of the Syrian forces being trained by American troops, fired accidentally or on purpose, U.S. officials said Friday.

Maj. Gen. Daniel Yoo takes over Friday as head of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command at Camp Lejeune, N.C. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Carl Mundy III.

A Marine embarked aboard the USS Essex is believed to have gone overboard Thursday morning in waters near the Philippines, according to a statement by the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

The 19th annual Far East Bodybuilding Competition was supposed to be a celebration of months of training — but overly sexual comments from emcees have now drawn a flurry of complaints from participants and spectators alike.

“We continue to work by, with and through our partners to achieve the lasting defeat of ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria,” Operation Inherent Resolve officials said in a statement.

Addressing Marines and a couple hundred more in the audience during Wednesday's ceremony, Lt. Gen. Lewis Craparotta said, “I can only promise you 100 percent effort for as long as I’m afforded the privilege of command, and I look forward to serving in your ranks.”

A Marine Corps veteran, Nicole Banks noticed the Purple Heart license plate on Jim Stewart's 1996 Pontiac Bonneville as it sat in a supermarket parking lot, its back seat filled with stuff as if someone lived in it.

Lance Cpl. Dillon Bennett suffered a traumatic brain injury, shrapnel to his knee and other cuts and bruises as a result of a mortar round explosion last month. He was awarded a Purple Heart during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Three Marines who were stabbed during a fight over the weekend outside a bar in San Clemente are back with their unit, military officials said Monday, Aug. 6.

Orange County sheriff's spokeswoman Jaimee Blashaw tells the Orange County Register that two 21-year-old Marines and a 23-year-old Marine were stabbed during a fight early Saturday morning.

The former commander of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma pulled rank to get more time in the cockpit, and problems ranged from undue command influence to safety concerns, according to the report. One aviator described an incident in which Col. Mark Coppess "warmed a burrito on the exhaust duct of the aircraft.”

Military leaders in South Carolina are preparing for rising sea levels while partisans dispute whether it's the effect of global warming.

A U.S. Marine identified as a member of a white supremacist group involved in violence during last summer's white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is out of the military after being convicted at a court-martial.

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Rick Spooner, now 92, said he and his wife, Gloria, opened the Globe & Laurel restaurant 50 years ago out of a desire to serve those who put everything — even their lives — on the line for the love of their country.

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The military likes to boast “we do more before 9 a.m. than most people do all day” — which sounds better at the recruiting office than at six in the morning when you’re wet and cold in a training area that’s 6,000 feet above sea level.

A 39-year-old former Marine recruiter being called a “person of interest” by police in the disappearance of a young recruit whose body was found in March off a highway in Canton was held without bail yesterday in connection with an alleged assault in Roslindale.

A U.S. district court judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by environmental groups looking to block Marine Corps Air Station Futenma’s relocation within Okinawa because of an endangered species.

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller called Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson the service’s “most operationally experienced and capable commander.” Nicholson is planning to retire after over 30 years of service in the Marines.

The Indiana World War I Centennial Committee will commemorate the first female Marine with a special ceremony in Kokomo’s Foster Park on the 100th anniversary of her enlistment.

The Henoko Referendum Group wants voters to decide whether to fill in a section of Oura Bay so that a Marine Corps runway can be built at Camp Schwab. That runway would facilitate Futenma’s closure and relocation to the remote northern coastal base.

Marine Corps veteran Will Schmidt has raised over $50,000 for charity by completing stand-up paddle boarding adventures. He is set to release a documentary about his paddle down the Pacific coast.

At the time of his discharge in 1919, Mark McCarthy Jr. was given a "Good Conduct Medal," but his son often wondered why he was not given a Purple Heart, for being wounded in battle. 99 years later, he has received his Purple Heart.

Camp Pendleton officials said crews were tackling a small brush fire in the Whiskey impact area of the military base Tuesday.

A father convicted of assault and voluntary manslaughter in the 2012 death of his infant daughter lost his bid Monday to have his lengthy sentence reduced.

Lawyers representing Vincent Grano filed the lawsuit against Sodexo, Inc. on Tuesday, charging their client suffered permanent brain and kidney damage after contracting E. coli from undercooked ground beef served at the company-run facility on Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, according to court documents.

Lt. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, credited with an incredible work ethic and team leadership, relinquished command of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force during a change of command ceremony this week.

Officials initially said the fire had started in the military cemetery, but it was later clarified the cemetery was not threatened by the blaze.

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The mock attack was commanded by RIMPAC’s Marine Air Ground Task Force-Hawaii, which is composed of more than 2,800 Marines and sailors and foreign military personnel from Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Chile, Philippines and Tonga.

A new report from the RAND Corporation analyzed survey data from thousands of active-duty military members and found Marines are more likely to be heavy drinkers, use tobacco and engage in riskier sexual behavior than the sailors, soldiers and airmen of the other branches.

Researchers want to stop a bat apocalypse by locating them and reverse-engineering how they survived. Amid the species devastation, the search for northern long-eared bats in the Washington area can lead to two places where some have survived: Marine Corps Base Quantico and Rock Creek Park.

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In a ceremony Wednesday, the completed National Montford Point Marine Memorial was formally transferred to the Secretary of the Navy and presented to the Montford Point Marines.

Okinawa’s anti-base governor has once again unveiled plans to revoke permitting for a new coastal runway that will facilitate the relocation and closure of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

Air Force and Marine Corps aviators, along with participants from 16 nations, are engaging in simulated combat above Australia’s Northern Territory during Exercise Pitch Black, which began Friday.

Pfc. Raymond W. Begay was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal Jan. 2018 stabbing of Pfc. Ethan Andrew Barclay-Weberpal, a fellow Marine at the School of Infantry.

Wisconsin's Jake Leinenkugel, of Leinenkugel Brewing Co., has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead a Department of Veterans Affairs commission focused on veterans’ mental health treatment.

The memorial will be presented to Montford Point Marines in a gifting ceremony scheduled for Wednesday at Lejeune Memorial Gardens, in Jacksonville, N.C.

Through a tour of Guam's WWII battle sites, 1st Lt. Joshua Hays wanted his Marines to gain an appreciation for the difficult terrain and fighting conditions that are a hallmark of the Pacific, while imparting lessons that can be passed down through the ranks.

Okinawa-based Marines were hailed as heroes Saturday as they led Guam’s Liberation Day parade, an annual celebration of the U.S. Pacific island territory’s deliverance 74 years ago from a brutal Japanese occupation. Thousands of Guamanians and indigenous Chamorro lined the streets shouting, “Thank you for your service.”

There’s a whole lot of amphibious assault training and stealth fighter flying going on in Hawaii.

To this day, 16 years after his death, Ted Williams remains something of an enigma, a man whose other-worldly talent was quickly evident but who was a complex riddle in so many other facets, as an exceptional chapter “Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived” in PBS TV’s “American Masters” series seeks to illuminate.

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Twenty-five nations, more than 45 surface ships and submarines, 17 national land forces, 200-plus aircraft and 25,000 personnel are involved in the Rim of the Pacific exercise, which ais scheduled to run through Aug. 2 in Hawaii and Southern California.

City and Hamilton County officials broke ground Thursday on the memorial designed to honor the five service members killed in the July 16, 2015, Chattanooga terrorist attack on two local military sites.

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Someone had been feeding the alligator, and to prove it, officials at the Marine Corps New River Air Station posted a 12-second video Wednesday: It shows the gator coming out of water like a very dangerous puppy when human hands are extended toward it.

A Marine Corps officer must fight to keep his job after sexual harassment allegations in Quantico, Virginia mushroomed into a scandal that prompted the firing of a general.

In 1946 after months in Guam during WWII, 21-year-old August Pollitz was ready to soak in the Florida sun at one of his favorite hangouts, the Daytona Beach Boardwalk. While there, he lost his dog tags.

Marine Sgt. Dietrich Schmieman of Richland, Washington was one of 16 service members killed July 10, 2017, when their KC-130 cargo plane crashed in Mississippi. The bill to rename the post office in his honor now goes to the U.S. Senate.

A brigadier general found to have treated his aide-de-camp like a servant while directing air strikes against ISIS in Iraq has been disciplined, officials at Marine Forces Pacific said Tuesday.

A group known as the Rucking Raiders marched through Alabama's Jefferson County early Tuesday morning as part of a somber, 900-mile trek to mark the first anniversary of a deadly military crash in the Mississippi Delta.

More than 40 U.S. Marines sent to southeastern Ukraine to train with the local marines as part of the 19-country Sea Breeze exercise, which U.S. officials hope will encourage the country’s military to emulate western armed forces to meet NATO standards.

The Marine Corps field-tested flash-bang mortar rounds designed to suppress the enemy and save civilian lives during the Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii.

Major Gen. Kevin Iiams assumed command of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Friday, July 13, during a ceremony held on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

Under normal Marine field conditions, scarcity might make Skittles or jalapeno cheese spread from a Meals, Ready to Eat pouch worth trading. But on a base outside Mykolaiv, where Marines trained with their Ukrainian marine counterparts as part of the 19-nation Sea Breeze naval exercise this month, the American staples can net more unusual goods.

A health-conscious Marine veteran has channeled a longtime dissatisfaction with MREs into a full-time job making meal-replacement bars.

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Exercise Sea Breeze is a lot like many other annual drills at the operational level. But in this case, Ukrainians are going to use what they learn to fight separatists backed by Russia.

The Navy Cross will be presented to Cpl. Stephen Austin’s daughter, Neily Esposito, on July 21 by the Marine Corps at a 50th anniversary reunion banquet for the 1/27 Marines in Alexandria, Virginia.

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The purpose of Thursday’s exercise was to increase combat effectiveness and demonstrate resolve among the 17 allied and partner nations participating in the training known as Exercise Sea Breeze, now in its 18th iteration.

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Fort Worth-based Bell and its partner Boeing have won a $4.2 billion military contract to deliver 58 tiltrotor aircraft over the next six years.

The Marine will be charged with violating Japan’s Explosives Control Act, and if convicted, he faces up to a year imprisonment or as much as $4,456.59 in fines.

More than 50 sailors and Marines joined a volunteer effort organized by Iwakuni’s Single Marine Program Thursday, heading for flood-hit neighborhoods. Torrential waters and landslides have killed at least 200 in recent days.

Former Col. Todd Shane Tomko had been charged with indecent liberties, aggravated sexual battery, and child abuse and neglect involving three children related to him beginning in 2002

The Okinawa Osprey Fan Club, whose members attend the annual Futenma Flight Line Fair and help clean up outside the base, has more than 13,000 Facebook followers who post photographs and articles about their favorite flying machines.

Seven MV-22B Ospreys arrived in Hawaii Saturday, beginning a permanent relocation of a tiltrotor squadron from San Diego.

Relatives of an Okinawan taxi driver who was assaulted by Marines in 2008 have been awarded compensation by a Japanese court and plan to petition the U.S. and Japanese governments for payment.

The sounds of summer fun on Jacksonville, N.C.-area beaches are blending with the sounds of freedom from nearby training exercises. Beach-goers may have recently noticed large ships on the horizon and fast moving, low-altitude aircraft in the skies.

While the Marine Corps legend of Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Price might live forever, the stories of Dan Price – the person – will fade with time. That’s why Price’s mother wrote a book about her remarkable son’s short life.

The largest fire broke out around 11:30 a.m. Friday and as of 6 p.m. had burned 125 acres. Ground and air crews were on the scene to fight the fire at about 4 p.m.

A Kaneohe-based sailor remained missing for a fifth day, with his distraught but determined mother arriving Wednesday from California vowing to find her son.

Brig. Gen. William Jurney took command of the 3rd Marine Division during a ceremony Friday at Camp Courtney, Okinawa.

The 20-year-old Marine, whose name hasn’t been released, is accused of dragging a 60-year-old female Australian Defence Force employee out of her car and physically assaulting her, then assaulting an off-duty police officer.

A Marine general violated ethics rules on a recent deployment to Iraq when he asked or allowed his aide to loan him money and run his personal errands, the Pentagon’s inspector general said Thursday.

The alleged shooting incident occurred sometime between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. June 21 in Sukuta, Nago, according to Japanese police. A mango farmer told authorities he had come home from shopping to discover two broken windows in his shed and a 2-inch-long bullet on the floor.

Seaman Shaun Palmer, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, was last seen early Sunday morning when a Marine he was with was involved in an altercation at Kelley O’Neil’s in Waikiki.

A joint program between Bell and Boeing Co. scored a $4.2 billion order for 58 tiltrotor military aircraft, with the much of the work set to take place in Fort Worth and other Texas cities.

Lt. Col. Michelle Macander took over command of the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion June 22 at Camp Pendleton. The appointment is the latest in a series of history-making firsts for women in the Marine Corps and at Camp Pendleton.

A new Amphibious Combat Vehicle — billed as a better way to protect Marines against explosives in the open ocean, the surfline and on land — will replace the aging Amphibious Assault Vehicles that now take Marines from ship to shore, and the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton will be the first to receive the upgrade.

Out of the ashes of the Battle of Okinawa grew “one of the strongest alliances in the history of alliances,” between the United States and Japan, Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson told U.S. Marines attending the memorial.

When a Marine on his way back to Camp Pendleton was stranded Wednesday, June 20, along Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach, Calif. local law enforcement stepped up.

A mango farmer told authorities he had come home from shopping to discover two broken windows and a 2-inch-long bullet on the floor of his shed, reports said.

Lance Cpl. Vasillios George Pistolis, accused of participating in the Unite the Right rally held Aug. 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va., has been found guilty in a summary court-martial.

A memorial service will be held for a Morgan mare that made headlines when she, another horse and her owner, Marine Corps veteran Richard Kowalker, walked 15 miles through the night to appear at a World War II veteran's funeral.

The New Yorker magazine has apologized to Justin Gaertner, a Marine who lost both legs to an explosion in Afghanistan in 2011. He has said the tattoo is not an Iron Cross but a "Titan 2" design — the symbol of his platoon.

Fleet Marines are set to get a more reliable, faster and better protected amphibious fighting vehicle starting in late 2020 as the Corps begins replacing its decades-old amphibious assault vehicle.

The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is pushing back against a social media post implying that a combat-wounded Florida veteran has a Nazi symbol tattooed on his arm. The veteran says it's his platoon symbol.

A federal judge on Monday overturned the contempt conviction of Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker, who is in charge of Guantanamo's war court defense teams, ruling that the military judge overstepped his role.

Two men in hiding have been arrested for the death of a U.S. Marine killed in the Philippines more than five years ago.

A county board of commissioners unanimously approved a resolution in support of allowing commercial freight on the Camp Lejeune Rail Line. Currently, rail traffic is exclusively used to transport equipment and supplies to and from Camp Lejeune.

Sgt. Matthew Callahan, a Marine who filmed and photographed artillery strikes on the Islamic State in Syria is the first servicemember ever to be named both Military Photographer and Videographer of the Year.

The update – which went into effect June 14 and can be used by parents whose children were born as far back as Dec. 23, 2016 – adds six weeks of primary caregiver leave that can be taken in conjunction with six weeks of maternity leave.

After living in Central Florida for years, married to a Marine and raising two daughters, Alejandra Juarez is facing deportation to Mexico next week — unless she gets a last-minute reprieve.

The incident appeared to be the result of a “negligent discharge,” a Marine official said. Investigators were looking into the incident and officials declined to comment further Friday.

Seven years ago, Marine Nick Montez had to say goodbye to his working dog, Mally, after returning from a deployment in Afghanistan. Now, he's preparing for a reunion following years of countless attempts to adopt the animal.

The start of landfill work for a new runway into Oura Bay at Camp Schwab will be delayed until Aug. 17 because of concerns about endangered species found at the site.

The 24th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training, or CARAT, which began Wednesday in Thailand, also includes stops in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Bangladesh. Similar training will also occur with Vietnam and the Philippines.

"Jonathan, I love you. Jonathan, I love you," Megan Price repeatedly told her husband in a 911 recording of the night the two were shot outside Austin City Saloon in Lexington. Marine Cpl. Jonathan Price died.