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.

Lt. Col. Nathaniel “Lips” Baker, commander of Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, was relieved of his duties “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to continue to serve in that position,” according to the Marine Corps.

Brig. Gen. Norman Cooling was the focus of a inspector general's investigation after the Senate Armed Services Committee complained about his behavior in February 2018. In a letter to investigators, Cooling challenged their findings, writing that "aggressive leadership is incorrectly deemed by the investigator to be negative.

No charges have been publicly announced more than nine weeks after Marine Cpl. Tyler Wallingford, 21, was shot and killed in a barracks at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.

The unnamed gunnery sergeant stole the vehicle from a convenience store parking lot in Iwakuni city after the driver, who works on base, left her keys in the ignition.

The unidentified Marines, both in their 20s, were seated in a parked Humvee alongside the two-lane expressway when a 2-ton truck struck them from behind.

After more than 100 surgeries, including the last just weeks ago to finally repair wounds on his haunches, retired U.S. Marine Cpl. Clark Cavalier is this year's honoree for the Faces of Valor foundation.

In high-level talks in Mogadishu on Tuesday, U.S. Africa Command’s Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser and U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto discussed how to keep momentum “moving forward” in the Horn of Africa country, which has been in disarray for more than 20 years.

The Marine Corps began investigating Lance Cpl. Mason Edward Mead after media reports in February alleged he had tweeted racist and pro-Nazi messages.

The number and identity of those recovered is not yet known, officials said. Five crew members of a KC-130J tanker and the pilot of an F/A-18 Hornet were killed in a December collision.

Lance Cpl. Matthew Emett Duggan of Camp Courtney was arrested at 1:10 a.m. Sunday at a ramen stand in Chatan, police said.

An elite Marine Raider was sentenced Friday to spend four years in a military prison after admitting his role in the strangulation death of a Green Beret, a fellow special operator he described as a friend.

The arrest came after a chase that Japanese police said involved reckless driving.

Complaints by residents around the base also increased, according to a letter delivered Thursday to the Japan Ministry of Defense, specifically on days before and after field carrier landing practice.

Marine Raider Staff Sgt. Kevin Maxwell Jr., one of four special operators charged in the 2017 strangling death of a Green Beret in Africa, pleaded guilty Thursday to negligent homicide, admitting his role in a plot to embarrass the soldier.

Four elite U.S. Special Operations troops charged in the death of a Green Beret soldier in Mali plotted to record him being sexually assaulted as part of a plan to embarrass him through hazing, according to one of the accused service members.

The 6-by-8-inch black rubber object was identified as blade tape, according to a III Marine Expeditionary Force spokesman.

Motor transportation Marines took to the jungle recently to refine their combat driving abilities and get acquainted with their surroundings during an Advanced Motor Vehicle Operations Course.

A Marine Raider charged in the 2017 hazing death of a Green Beret in Africa will plead guilty Thursday to negligent homicide and other charges for his role in a “stupid prank that went horribly wrong,” his defense attorney said.

Police in Prince William County, Va., sent an alert Monday to residents near Marine Corps Base Quantico that for the next nine days, Marines will be engaged in live-fire training exercises that might produce unusual sights, sounds and even vibrations.

Lt. Gen. Eric Smith left a stern warning for America’s potential adversaries in the Indo-Pacific region: do not test the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki's letter also stated that the U.S. is capable of handling issues involving China and North Korea with only its Navy and Air Force, again asserting his position that Marine air operations should be moved off Okinawa altogether.

Bryant Scott was a fit 28-year-old aiming for a long Marine Corps career when his plans were derailed by severe exertional heatstroke. Incidents of heatstroke and heat exhaustion have increased steadily among servicemembers in recent years, though some experts say the numbers still might be grossly underreported.

Lance Cpl. Kahsai Hill, 21, was taken into custody Saturday by Tokyo Metropolitan Police on suspicion of robbery resulting in bodily injury after he allegedly punched a taxi driver in the face after not paying his approximately $7.40 fare, according to Kyodo News agency.

Lance Cpl. Hans Sandoval-Pereyra, 21, of Fairfax, Va., died Tuesday from injuries sustained in an accident while training at Mount Bundey Training Area in Australia’s Northern Territory, according to a III Marine Expeditionary Force statement.

Kathleen Isabel Rose Bourque and Marine 1st Lt. Hugh Conor McDowell were supposed to be planning their wedding. Instead, this Memorial Day weekend, she will be at his funeral.

The memory of Marvin Nothstein survives in a sheaf of letters, a couple of Christmas cards, a handful of photos. They tell the story of a reluctant but dutiful Marine, drafted into the Korean War and longing, as the days wore on, for little more than a decent pair of socks and a ticket home.

The pilot had reported hydraulic problems with the single-engine Fighting Falcon before bailing. The pilot, who has not been publicly identified, planned to return to the March Air Reserve Base on the other side of the freeway, but was instead forced to eject from the aircraft.

Some 2,600 Navy sailors, Marines and members of the Coast Guard cruised into New York City on more than a dozen vessels Wednesday for the 31st annual Fleet Week — one of the largest in the nation.

Sikorsky will build 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters as part of a $1.1 billion U.S. Navy contract and among 200 aircraft for the Marine Corps. The Stratford-based unit of defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. will begin deliveries in 2022 and also provide spare parts and logistical support.

A Pennsylvania nonprofit dedicated to educating Americans about citizenship and community service has fulfilled a family’s wishes and shipped a Marine hero’s Medal of Honor home for display.

Ellen Lord, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, said in a statement that she "has more confidence" in the program designated CH-53K and that she supported a $1.3 billion contract for 12 more production-model helicopters that was awarded on Friday.

A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier crashed Monday evening in Craven County, N.C., according to media reports citing Marine and Defense Department officials.

Sikorsky Aircraft said it will begin deliveries of the 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters in 2022, and also provide spare parts and logistical support.

When Marine Corps 1st Lt. Conor McDowell died earlier this month in a training exercise at Camp Pendleton, he left behind family full of memories of the young man that had wanted to be a Marine since childhood.

Seventy-five years ago, on May 21, 1944, a massive chain of explosions aboard ships berthed at West Loch in Pearl Harbor left hundreds of servicemembers and civilian workers dead or injured.