The chairman of a House Armed Services Committee subpanel is calling on the Marine Corps commandant to testify in three weeks over a “lack of accountability” within the service following the release of an investigation into a deadly training accident.

Of the 123,500 Marines who have had access to the vaccine, 75,500 Marines are either fully vaccinated or have received one dose, and about 48,000 have declined it, officials said.

The Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society is there when sailors and Marines need emergency help, such as when word comes from back home about an ill family member or a surprise bill.

The new investigation follows an outcry from the relatives of some of the service members killed in the sinking of an armored vehicle last summer during a training exercise off the coast of California.

The French navy is drilling with U.S. and allied forces in the Indian Ocean as French soldiers prepare to train alongside U.S. Marines and troops in Japan.

Eight Marines and a sailor drowned as their assault amphibious vehicle sunk near San Clemente Island off the coast of California during a training exercise last July.

A Marine Corps Osprey tiltrotor squadron has arrived at Moron Air Base in Spain for a rotation in support of U.S. Africa Command’s North and West Africa Response Force, which conducts contingency and crisis operations throughout the two regions.

A 28-year-old Reconnaissance Marine is being held in the brig at Camp Pendleton after he was charged with six counts of larceny and military property-related offenses involving missing ammunition from the base, military officials said Friday, April 2.

Honor Flight Syracuse threw Central New York trailblazer Margaret “Peg” Bandy quite the 100th birthday celebration.

A disaster at sea that killed nine Marines and a Navy sailor last summer will face more scrutiny after the release of the service's investigative findings, with Congress and families involved pressing the Marine Corps for answers.

The public has until May 14 to comment on the potential impact that work may have on the site of new facilities for the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing on Andersen Air Force Base.

Marine Sgt. Jovany Gutierrez, a military police officer and the driver for III Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during a ceremony at Camp Courtney on March 12.

When a platoon commander conducted a barracks inspection for a Marine on Okinawa, he was shocked by what he found. It wasn't piles of trash or video games — but rather, a treasure trove of electronics and amateur inventions that has now made the young corporal the talk of the III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Despite having completed three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the most shocking part of retired Col. Morgan Mann’s 30-year Marine Corps career was the moment it ended – with a single, unexpected phone call.

On July 30, eight Marines and a sailor drowned as their assault amphibious vehicle sunk near San Clemente Island. The investigation revealed numerous failures, and families want change. "Those boys didn’t give up. … They didn’t know what they were doing because they hadn’t been trained."

Marines who are among the first to operate the service's newest amphibious vehicle say that although testing reveals some problems with reliability, it is a substantial improvement over the vehicles they're replacing.

An eight-foot-long wall of memories in the Baltierra home was created with photos of Bryan's life: images of a brightly smiling Boy Scout, an athletic young track star and stoic photos of a Marine while training.

Eight Marines and a Navy corpsman from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4 died after the vessel sank on July 30. The Marines at the time called it the deadliest training accident in its history with that vehicle.

The Marine Corps in Hawaii will be getting six big MQ-9A Reaper drones that can be armed with missiles as the Corps as a whole pursues "a deliberate but aggressive " path toward unmanned systems to gain advantage over China.

Col. Christopher J. Bronzi, the commander of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was fired Tuesday following an investigation into an assault amphibious vehicle accident that happened during the summer and killed nine people.

The Marine Corps and Air Force ordered an indefinite end Monday to indoor dining at off-base restaurants on Okinawa, citing an increase in coronavirus cases on the island and at their respective installations.

The families of eight Marines and a sailor who died aboard a seafaring vehicle during a training accident off San Clemente Island are being notified this week that a final report investigating the deadly accident is complete.

Sgt. Danny P. McDonald has been awarded the highest non-combat honor for his heroic efforts at a Surf City, N.C. beach in 2019.

With only two weeks of operations remaining, members of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Foundation are asking the Marine Corps to reconsider the decision to permanently close the museum.

U.S. Marines, soldiers and airmen for nearly two weeks polished a new approach to island warfare in the Western Pacific designed to deny surrounding seas to potential adversaries.

The ACV, like the AAV it is replacing, will be the Marine Corps' main transport for getting troops from ship to shore and across varied terrain once it has stormed ashore.

The Amphibious Combat Vehicle, like the Amphibious Assault Vehicle it is replacing, will be the Marine Corps' main transport for getting troops from ship to shore and even across varied terrain once it has landed.

Robert L. Moore, who served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars and was the last surviving Montford Point Marine in San Diego County, died Feb. 25 following a weeklong hospitalization for COVID-19.

A U.S. Marine expeditionary force apologized Saturday for comments its official account made on Twitter defending women in the military amid a larger dispute between the Pentagon and Fox News host Tucker Carlson over female service members.

The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing removed a tweet Monday of an Okinawa sunset photographed from a helicopter in flight after it provoked a sizeable negative response.

Marine Cpl. Jordan Perez was recently recognized for swimming out in choppy water to rescue a couple whose kayak tipped over in the Del Mar Basin, a marina leading to the ocean at Camp Pendleton.

Two Super Stallion helicopters were permanently transferred from Marine Corps Base Hawaii to Okinawa last week as part of Force Design 2030, in which the Corps is refocusing on expeditionary warfare in the Pacific.

A Marine from Camp Pendleton's 1st Marine Division died in a three-car crash over the weekend on Camp Pendleton, military officials announced Monday.

The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Robert E. Simanek is scheduled to be launched in 2024, according to Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite.

A transmission systems operator with 3rd Marine Division at Camp Courtney was officially charged for a January incident, authorities said.

Jennifer Landry has always donated blood and always wanted to donate bone marrow. But before she had the chance, she saw a Facebook post from one of her friends.

Marine is in the hospital after an alleged assault this week at Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps officials said Thursday.

A Marine Corps official declined to offer further details about the victim, who is a woman, or the circumstances of the alleged assault.

Benjamin Robert Clinton, a 19-year-old Marine stationed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., was arrested Feb. 28, 2021 on suspicion of helping a 15-year-old teenager run away and having sex with her, authorities said.

A former Camp Lejeune Marine, who had ambitions of training a foreign army and becoming president, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for illegally smuggling guns out of the country.

Cpl. Rene PonceAvalos, a 22-year-old engineer equipment operator from Beaverton, Ore., went missing Sunday afternoon while surfing near Okinawa’s Ikei Island, according to a statement Monday from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

When Staff Sgt. Jennifer Landry decided to answer her friend's post on Facebook in May 2018, she had no idea her organ would be going to a fellow service member. She was donating to her friend's boyfriend, retired Gunnery Sgt. Charles Dane.

The unidentified service member was surfing with five fellow Marines when the Marine became separated from the group and disappeared, Marine officials said.

Some say this case shows the military's hard line on extremism is not absolute, that there is wiggle room in the policy for commanders to retain troops despite evidence of extremist activity — at least until their cases become public.

The flight to the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar's tarmac marked the last time the Marines would deploy with Hornets on an aircraft carrier. By 2028, most pilots will fly the more stealth F-35 B fighter jets.

Maj. Gen. Michael Langley said his decision to stick with the Marine Corps was based on trust won more than 30 years ago.

Capt. Kevin Leishman, then a staff sergeant, was prone atop an amphibious assault vehicle while fighting on the streets of Fallujah in 2004 when a ricocheting bullet lodged in the muscle of his right forearm.

After a video by a Marine identified only as Dalina detailing her experience with sexual assault in the military went viral, she has since met with her chain of command and was given “advocacy and support resources,” according to a military spokesperson.

Marines will soon take a new annual marksmanship test designed to more closely resemble battlefield shooting, but fewer may qualify as expert riflemen, at least at first.

None of the four people — two pilots and two crew chiefs — on board the UH-1Y helicopter were injured, according to a Marine Corps spokesperson.

The Marine Corps later this year plans to activate in Hawaii its first-ever Marine Littoral Regiment — the centerpiece of a sweeping force redesign enabling troops to operate in small units with ship-killing missiles from the islands that dot the Western Pacific.

The Marine Corps is ditching some of its formation marches and adding board games to a new, longer entry-level infantry training course aimed at creating Marines who can better think and act for themselves.

A female Marine posted a video online Thursday lashing out at a general who intervened to stop the ouster of another Marine she accused of sexual assault and bringing renewed attention to military oversight and decision-making in these cases.

The training, which will include classroom lessons and discussions, is a permanent change for the base.

About 1,000 U.S. Marines left in limbo in Norway after Arctic drills were canceled because of coronavirus concerns will now be staying on until spring, the Corps said Thursday.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki is urging Tokyo and Washington to slash the U.S. military footprint on the island where some 30,000 U.S. troops are stationed.

An animal rights group has petitioned the Pentagon to end the practice of Marines and soldiers decapitating snakes and consuming their blood during survival training at the annual Cobra Gold exercise in Thailand.

With a flash of recognition, Bogi, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, wagged her tail upon seeing her former handler, and knew she was home for good.

The Marine’s close contacts have been identified and will remain in quarantine until further testing, according to a statement.

The popular event that has drawn crowds as big as 100,000 was canceled "in order to protect the health of our service members, their families and the members of the community," a Friday afternoon news release from the air station said.

During fiscal year 2020, the military received 183 hazing complaints, with 152 from the Marine Corps — despite the fact that it is the smallest of the service branches.

A Camp Courtney-based Marine accused of shoving a Japanese police officer last month has been arrested again on suspicion of indecent assault.

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels will be flying over Beaufort again this year as the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort's popular air show returns with a much smaller crowd.

Marine Corps experiments show lightweight vehicles mounted with long-range weapons can take out enemy tanks at a distance 15 to 20 times greater than a Marine tank could, Lt. Gen. Eric Smith said this week.

The extension was made in recognition of the individual circumstances of each Marine’s pregnancy and postpartum time and to alleviate the stress of returning to the service’s standards.

Until now, all female Marine Corps recruits have attended boot camp at the Marines' East Coast training base in Parris Island, S.C. It also has been home to the occasional integrated recruit company.

Production company 101 Studios acquired a New York Times Magazine article about a Marine Recruit's death.

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic meant last year’s Marine Corps’ rotation to Australia was cut by more than half.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is leading the investigation into the disappearance of about 10 pounds of C4 plastic explosive at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in California.

Japanese police on Okinawa over the weekend arrested a Marine for shoving a police officer and an Air Force civilian employee for shoplifting in separate incidents, according to police spokesmen.

A judge sentenced a Marine who assaulted a taxi driver and crashed a taxi to three years in a Japanese prison with hard labor but suspended the sentence for four years.

Six South Carolina Republicans co-sponsored a new version of the "Parris Island Protection Act" introduced in Congress on Thursday, months after the Beaufort and Port Royal communities were startled by the news that the U.S. Marine Corps may close the boot camp.

Marine Corps Systems Command is looking for a uniform that would combine the benefits of the flame-resistant organizational gear, known as FROG, with the durability and comfort of the existing digital-pattern combat utility uniform, and at a price point closer to the latter.

A Marine assigned to Camp Hansen pleaded guilty to assaulting a taxi driver and stealing and crashing a cab, as well as some other charges.

The Marine Corps is assessing what to do with 1,000 Marines who recently arrived in Norway for a large training exercise, which was canceled because of concerns about an increase in coronavirus cases in the country.

Christopher Davis allegedly parked outside a vocational school building in Okinawa and, while speaking with a passerby from his vehicle, exposed his genitals to the individual.

The Corps had requested the order in November, aiming to bar Cpl. Thae Ohu’s attorneys or any other witnesses from speaking with the press.

On Okinawa, Marine Corps bases reported no new cases but curtailed most off-base activities indefinitely due to a record-breaking number of new infections on the island.

The relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma out of an urban area to a site under construction farther north at Camp Schwab is a sticking point with many Okinawans.

Sgt. Brandon Antoine, a 3rd Marine Division radio operator, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during a ceremony at Camp Courtney on Jan. 13.

U.S. military bases in Japan and South Korea reported 15 new coronavirus cases as of 6 p.m. Thursday, while Japan’s capital city counted more than 1,000 new patients for the ninth consecutive day.

Witness to triumph and tragedy, the hallowed band has a healing role in the Biden inauguration.

A Defense Department high school on Okinawa closed its doors this week after three “members of our Kubasaki High School family” tested positive for the coronavirus over the long holiday weekend, principal James Strait said in a Facebook post Monday.

While many people go for runs to clear their head or stay in shape, Marine vetera Eric Morehouse runs in honor of fallen Marines and to commemorate historic events in which Marines have participated. And he does it while holding an American flag.

More than 1,000 Marines and sailors have arrived in Setermoen, Norway for Arctic warfare training, Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa said Friday.

The Marines preparing for Inauguration Day ceremonies wore black face masks, white gloves — and an unusual combination of a Vietnam-era field jacket in woodland camouflage with their khaki-and-olive green service dress uniforms.

A 20-year-old Marine who was shot and killed while on leave in his Idaho hometown last week was a member of the service’s high profile silent drill platoon.

The U.S. military in Japan and South Korea reported 25 new viral patients as of 6 p.m. Thursday, the majority of them at Marine Corps bases.

The inaugural vaccination phase has begun for frontline healthcare workers at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, N.C., as they were the first to receive the facility's initial shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week.

Sgt. John James was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal during a ceremony at Camp Hansen for rushing to the aid of a woman who was bitten by a venemous snake.

A wildfire erupted late Wednesday night near the northern San Diego County community of Fallbrook and quickly charred at least 50 acres as it spread to Camp Pendleton, prompting mandatory evacuations from parts of the Marine Corps base, authorities said.

Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter credited his infantry training with conditioning him to quickly respond when an 18-month-old was trapped in a burning car.

The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, which includes an array of support ships, joins the Navy’s USS Hershel “Woody” Williams off the coast of Somalia.

Compared to the Humvee, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is significantly more capable of taking a hit from direct-fire weapons, indirect fire, and explosives, said a Marine Corps official.

The first Big Ideas Challenge was open to anyone affiliated with the U.S. military in Japan, including Marines, sailors, civilian employees and family members.