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.

An F-16 military fighter jet was armed before it crashed into a Riverside County commercial building, officials said Friday, and the unexploded weaponry has since been detonated.

Cavalrymen at an exercise fought in their Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles alongside Finnish Leopard 2 main battle tanks, against Marine M1A1 Abrams tanks and LAV-25 light armored vehicles.

A safety investigation and a complete damage assessment are ongoing after a bird strike at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.

The first African Americans admitted to the Marine Corps after President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 anti-discrimination order were put in segregated units. At a swampy, bug-infested camp called Montford Point, they endured indignities — but they also paved the way for others who came after.

The transfer of Marines from Okinawa to Guam could begin as early as October 2024 and take 18 months to complete, according to a report by Japan’s Kyodo News service that cites a Marine Corps official on the U.S. Pacific island territory.

The Marine Corps punished at least eight drill instructors and some officers in response to allegations of hazing and other abuses last year at the service's recruit training center at Parris Island, South Carolina, according to Marine officials and documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Aaron Stice was a corporal in the Marines when he last saw the Belgian Malinois named Kkeaton in October at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

The most senior enlisted Marine in mortuary affairs provides insight into the work done by his unit, the Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company, the only one of its kind in the Marine Corps.

Organizers say the purpose is to honor all 241 servicemembers who died that day, especially the 22 from Florida.

The crash of a Marine Corps F-35 that temporarily grounded the entire fleet of next-generation jets in 2018 was caused by a manufacturing defect in a fuel tube made by a United Technologies subcontractor, according to congressional investigators.

The battle scene was more than just a shock for Navy Chaplain Robert Hess. The pain and suffering, death, blood and horror overwhelmed him. Luckily there were others around with more experience.

First Lt. Hugh C. McDowell from Washington, D.C., died Thursday morning after being injured in a rollover accident involving a light armored vehicle during training at Camp Pendleton.

A military veteran in Minnesota whose request for a passport was denied twice is now asking a federal court to intervene and declare that he is a U.S. citizen, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

The Marine, whose name has not been released, died when a light armored vehicle rolled over during training about 9 a.m. Officials are investigating the circumstances of the accident.

Lt. Col. Francisco Zavala was removed from his command of Camp Pendleton’s 1st Reconnaissance Battalion after Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi “lost trust and confidence in the commanding officer’s ability to lead.”

James Mellick’s “Wounded Warrior Dogs,” a series of sculptures that captured the 2016 ArtPrize public vote, will soon be on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Triangle, Virginia.

The trip covered 5,300 nautical miles and required refueling from KC-130J Hercules aerial tankers. The Osprey crews also made “minimal, scheduled stops to refuel and rest.”

Brendan Bialy was one of several students who subdued one of two shooters who entered STEM School Highlands Ranch in a southern suburb of Denver, Colo., his father and a family attorney have confirmed.

“We have lost-in-translation moments more than you would realize,” Australian Air Force Group Capt. Stewart Dowrie told the country’s 10 Daily last week. “The time to figure that out is not on the battlefield when the bullets are flying.”

A U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville drowned Saturday afternoon off Emerald Isle, the fourth death reported in two weeks off North Carolina’s popular beaches.

The Pentagon is assessing whether Boeing's heavy-lift helicopter for the Army, the CH-47 Chinook, could replace Lockheed Martin's troubled King Stallion chopper for some or all Marine Corps missions, according to officials.

There’s been a steady build-up of Marines in Darwin, Australia, since 2012. Australia’s northernmost large city is close to a region that’s of increasing strategic importance to military planners.

The largest air show in Japan features long lines of people climbing into cockpits for views usually reserved for the pilots of U.S. military and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aircraft.

Donald W. Kaltschmidt Jr. sued Laron D. Shannon, Elizabeth Shannon and Oilfield Warriors, LLC, in 2014, alleging Laron Shannon had misrepresented himself as an active U.S. Marine when he “never actively served in the United States Marine Corps or in any other military service branch,” according to the lawsuit complaint.

The private is the second Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort servicemember shot and killed in three weeks.

Pfc. Timothy Irvin was acquitted last month of killing his wife, Glynis Shermaine “Necii” Irvin, 19, who died at the couple’s Okinawa home on Aug. 31, 2015. Prosecutors alleged Irvin had placed a hand over his wife’s nose and mouth, preventing her from breathing.

The Navy has a child care waitlist of about 7,800 families, with about 68% in heavily populated installations in areas such as San Diego, Hawaii, the District of Columbia metropolitan area, and Norfolk, Virginia.

Adm. Bill Moran, President Donald Trump’s selection for the next chief of naval operations, said he supported the plan unveiled in the service’s fiscal year 2020 budget request to forgo a $3.5 billion midlife overhaul of the USS Truman scheduled for 2024.

Sgt. Austin Cox and former Sgt. Michael Vura were awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medals for exceptional bravery and selfless actions in saving lives and preventing serious bodily harm of others around them during the largest mass shooting in modern American history.

Lawmakers returned to Congress this week to face the Marine Corps, which needs additional funding immediately, and the Air Force, which declared no new construction projects at Tyndall Air Force Base will happen without supplemental funding.

In 2018, there were 578 diagnoses of heatstroke and 2,214 diagnoses of heat exhaustion among active duty servicemembers, according to the Defense Health Agency’s April surveillance report.

The 7-ton truck the Marines were driving struck a wall, crashed through a median and rolled down a 30-foot embankment, according to the Okinawa Times newspaper.

Lt. Col. James Compton was removed April 22 by Maj. Gen. Thomas Weidley, commander of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Okinawa, due to a “loss of trust and confidence,” according to a statement from the III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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Christopher Slutman, a Marine staff sergeant and 15-year veteran of the FDNY, was one of three Americans killed earlier this month when their convoy hit a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Major Troy E. Black will replace Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, who has served in the Marine Corps for 35 years and will retire later this year.

The Pentagon needs to undertake another review of Lockheed Martin Corp.'s $31 billion CH-53K heavy lift helicopter program amid continuing technical problems and delays, according to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Once the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment arrives in Australia, there will be 2,500 Marines in the country — a target set by former President Barack Obama when he announced the creation of the rotational force in 2011.

Among the findings released last week is that there is a “major opportunity” to strengthen U.S. military-Okinawan relations by partnering with younger residents on a more cooperative basis.

The Marine Corps said the outreach accomplished three goals: raising awareness of living conditions, identifying maintenance or safety issues, and making certain servicemembers were aware of programs available address housing problems.

Within Marine Corps Base Quantico's 54,440 acres, there are live-fire ranges that support small arms training, explosive demolitions, artillery fire, sniper training, lasers and the delivery of aerial munitions from military aircraft.

William "Billy" Gallegos spent 444 days captive to terrorists, and a good portion of his career hunting those who spread terror throughout the world. Now he's been honored with the Denver Police Foundation's inaugural Chairman's Legacy Award.

The Navy is investigating after a female Marine found a camera hidden in a women’s bathroom aboard the USS Arlington during a security operation in the Mediterranean Sea, Navy officials said Saturday.

Aircraft deploying to Australia’s Northern Territory include 10 MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors, four AH-1Z Vipers and three UH-1Y Venom helicopters, a Marine spokesman said.

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The rigorous three-week course, held at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, is designed to turn Marines into martial arts instructors.

Marine Maj. Matthew Wiegand was killed March 30 in a helicopter crash while participating in a training mission in Yuma, Arizona.

A three-judge panel ruled that the previous amount, $22.6 million, granted in 2016 was too much.

Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, the top Marine in Japan, was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve in two roles at Marine Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C. The move comes at a delicate time for the U.S. military and Marine Corps on Okinawa.

Staff Sgt. Joshua Braica, a critical skills operator with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, was driving a MRZR tactical vehicle, an ultra-light all terrain utility vehicle, during a unit training exercise when it rolled over Saturday.

“Stipulations of fact” submitted by men linked to the death of Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in Mali on June 4, 2017, remove a veil of secrecy from a culture in which womanizing and heavy drinking were said to be commonplace despite alcohol restrictions and warnings about kidnappings and terrorist threats.

The member of the Marine Raider unit of the Special Operations Command was injured during a tactical vehicle training exercise Saturday. He was evacuated by a military aircraft, but died Sunday.

Despite suffering from severe cramps that had rendered his legs almost useless, Micah Herndon said that he was committed to finishing Monday's race to honor three men killed by an IED blast in Afghanistan in 2010.

A command investigation revealed Maj. William E. Hernandez sent text messages, including some that were sexual in nature, from his government BlackBerry phone to three enlisted Marines including one who was married.

Cpl. Tyler P. Wallingford was shot and killed Friday, while Cpl. Spencer T. Daily is in custody. Both men were aircraft ordnance technicians with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501.

This year’s Balikatan exercise, the first to include the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp along with the Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II aircraft, included 28 joint training events in counterterrorism, urban, amphibious and aviation operations.

Jackie Huber spent 20 years in the Marine Corps and rose from the enlisted ranks to chief warrant officer. She said it wasn’t cool to be a Marine during most of her tenure, which was before the days military members were thanked for their service.

The two were found dead Saturday morning inside a six-story apartment building in the Kuwae district of Chatan, according to Okinawa police.

A combat-wounded Navy corpsman shares his story of how a team of doctors freed him from a prison of pain and, quite literally, gave him back his smile. His hope? To let other injured vets know there may be hope.

U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets from Carrier Air Wing 5 will perform an air demonstration at the 43rd annual Friendship Day on May 5, a first since the wing re-located here last year.

“I’m a little taken aback with what’s happened at Camp Lejeune and with the [Marine] Corps,” said Rep. Austin Scott to a panel of Navy and Marine Corps leaders during House Armed Services Committee hearing.

Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, Sgt. Benjamin S. Hines and Staff Sgt. Christopher K.A. Slutman were all assigned to 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, and were in Afghanistan as a part of Operation Resolute Support.

The Irene Ferguson Marine Wife of the Year award recognizes the resiliency, strength and dedication that a Marine wife embodies as she supports the military, her family and the community.

Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller said the border mission to date has cost the service about $6.2 million.

All three American servicemembers killed in a bombing outside Bagram Air Field were Marines, it was announced Tuesday, while the military said an Afghan contractor initially reported dead has been found alive.

Active-duty and reserve Marines are being asked to take a survey designed to let servicemembers weigh in on a series of uniform policy proposals. The survey runs through April 29.

Marines are raising money to donate a service dog to another Marine in need in honor of retired Col. Mark A. Smith, who died late last month and was known for his personal leadership style.

While on a mission as a gunner to pick up Marines in Afghanistan, Kirstie Ennis' helicopter crashed. She suffered damage to her jaw and enough to her left leg to need an amputation. Now she will try to climb Mount Everest with a prosthetic leg.

Congress will approve a Pentagon request to move hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for recovery operations at major military bases that suffered catastrophic damage from two hurricanes last year, the top Marine said Friday.

A sports complex shared by Marines and Japanese locals will host the USA Softball team next summer as it prepares for the Olympics in Tokyo.

Retired Col. Mark A. Smith, who wrote dozens of letters praised for their compassion and eloquence to the families of his Marine Reserve battalion during a deployment early in the Iraq War, was remembered this week as a “Marine’s Marine.”

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s $31 billion King Stallion helicopter program for the U.S. Marines may miss its first key milestone by more than 19 months because of a growing checklist of flaws discovered in development testing.

Maj. Matthew M. Wiegand and Capt. Travis W. Brannon were killed during a routine training mission Saturday near Yuma, Ariz.

“April Fools’ Day allows III Marine Expeditionary Force the opportunity to build camaraderie and foster esprit de corps within our ranks," said III MEF spokesman Lt. David Mancilla.

During the exercise, U.S. and Philippine forces will conduct amphibious operations, live-fire training, urban operations, aviation operations and counterterrorism response.

The AH-1Z Viper involved in the accident, which occurred near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, was flying as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course.

In the decade since her husband died of a fatal gunshot wound to the head in Iraq in 2008, Kim Stahlman has never believed Marine Corps Col. Michael Stahlman killed himself as military investigators had declared.

Before Riley Schultz was found shot at his post at Camp Pendleton, he paid his credit card bill and booked a plane ticket home for mid-April. So when his family found out the Marine Corps determined his death was a suicide, they were dumbfounded.

Police officials declined to say whether they believe the blast that occurred March 24 at Camp Foster is tied to Okinawan protest groups fighting to stop the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within the prefecture.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki will assemble his own panel of advisers to explore alternatives to relocating Marine Corps Air Station Futenma elsewhere on the island after locals overwhelmingly rejected the current plan in a February referendum.

Marine Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. is a four-star general and has commanded at the platoon, company, battalion, Marine Expeditionary Unit and component levels.

Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant since 2015, is set to retire this summer after serving for 44 years.

Building upon technology already at their fingertips, Marines gathered at Okinawa’s first-ever Marine Maker Innovation Boot Camp this month to learn how they can put robotics, 3D printing and other tools to work on the battlefield.

It's the first time the service has claimed top honors as the culinary team of the year at the Armed Forces Chef of the Year competition.

The perpetrator apparently cut a fence to gain entry to Camp Foster’s Okinawa Defense Bureau office, said a bureau spokesman. The office is in a remote compound across a road from the main base.

Anthony Walter Pereira always knew he wanted to serve. He served both his country as a U.S. Marine and as a police officer. His service came to and end Friday when he died at age 28 from an undisclosed illness, the Cobb police department said.

The Marine Corps would not release any additional information regarding the death of 19 year-old Riley Schultz, who died shortly after being found with a gunshot wound to the head on the morning of March 15.

The lawsuit is likely to further intensify political tensions between Tokyo and Okinawa, which hosts a large number of the U.S. military bases and units despite strong anti-military sentiment among many local residents.

Marines, airmen and soldiers recently practiced seizing a small Japanese island in an exercise that honed skills some experts say may be necessary in a face-off against China.

In case of an in-flight emergency, aircraft maintenance Marines grab their mattresses. That’s the procedure when no amount of prodding can get the landing gear of an MV-22 Osprey to extend.

In addition to deployments along the U.S.Mexico border, Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller also cited funding transfers, recovery costs from Hurricanes Florence and Michael, new housing allowances and civilian pay raises as factors affecting combat readiness.

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Originally created by an Okinawan restaurant owner to feed hungry American troops after WWII, taco rice has become a staple of the island's cuisine. Now, members of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 hope their rendition of the dish will help them take top prize at the Marine Corps' annual cooking competition.

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians defused the bomb in two hours, an Iwakuni City crisis-management official said.

The sheriff’s website has posted updates on their search efforts for 1st Lt. Matthew Kraft through extreme weather conditions, but on Saturday officials said there will be no more updates after Monday.

On April 27, 2011, Carolyn Hibberd’s world as she knew it came crashing down. Her son and youngest of four children, Cpl. Adam D. Jones, 29, was leading his platoon on a night foot patrol when he stepped on an improvised explosive device in Helmand province, Afghanistan.