The contingent of Marines training in Australia has reached full strength for this year’s coronavirus-affected rotation after a final group of U.S. service members emerged from quarantine, according to the unit’s commander.

The commandant of the Marine Corps has suspended all waterborne operations of its more than 800 amphibious assault vehicles until the cause of the accident is determined.

The Army and Marine Corps are working on robots for the next generation of mechanized warfare and troops are already testing their effectiveness in combat and reconnaissance, Army officials said Thursday.

U.S. Army Japan announced three new coronavirus cases. Yokota Air Base and Yokosuka Naval Base both reported two and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni reported one.

Military installations in Hawaii had been at condition Charlie during the initial weeks of the pandemic in the spring, but lowered it to Bravo in early summer as daily new cases remained at single digits.

Instead of having up to 700 troops at a time in Norway on six-month rotations, the Marines will conduct periodic training and exercises with the Norwegian armed forces.

The U.S. military reported 11 new coronavirus cases on Okinawa: seven at Camp Courtney, three at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa and one at the White Beach Naval Facility.

The bodies of service members who were aboard an assault amphibious vehicle last week when it sank during a training exercise off the California coast have been found, the Marine Corps announced Tuesday.

The number of new local infections on Okinawa is the highest reported on one day since July 31.

A Marine attached to 3rd Marine Logistics Group died off base on Tuesday, authorities said.

The new rocket launcher system will enable Marines to fire several shots per day from indoors, officials said.

A contractor's 2019 death is at the center of military trials of the sailor and the two Marines, all members of the elite Marine Forces Special Operations Command.

The Marine Corps identified the seven Marines and one sailor presumed dead after Thursday's training accident involving an assault amphibious vehicle in Southern California.

The number of new cases reported each day in Hawaii spiked dramatically through July, from single digits to an all-time high of 207 new cases on Monday.

An Columbus, Ohio-based Marine Reserve unit was among the hardest hit of the war in Iraq, losing 23 men after 180 deployed in early 2005. They held a reunion in 2015, and another was planned this month but had to be canceled amid coronavirus restrictions.

Japan’s capital recorded 292 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, a sharp drop after three consecutive days of record-breaking numbers.

The Marine Corps said Sunday that it has called off the search for seven Marines and one sailor three days after an accident off the coast of southern California.

Helicopters and boats ranging from inflatables to a Navy destroyer were searching a roughly 200-square-mile area for seven Marines and a Navy corpsman.

Japan’s capital recorded 472 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the third consecutive day of record numbers.

The Marine Corps amphibious vehicle involved in a deadly mishap Thursday has a long history and was set to be replaced a decade ago. However, defense budget cuts scrapped its multi-billion-dollar replacement in 2011.

The accident happened late Thursday afternoon near San Clemente Island, when Marines reported the vehicle was taking on water, the service said in a statement. The injured Marines were taken to a local hospital, where they are in critical condition.

The Marine Corps also plans to trim some 12,000 troops from its ranks by 2030, eliminate law enforcement units, slash the number of cannon artillery battalions, reduce and restructure infantry battalions, and disband many manned aviation units.

The Marine Corps on Okinawa reported five new coronavirus cases Thursday, bringing the total from two clusters discovered after Fourth of July weekend to 232.

The Air Force on Okinawa announced one new coronavirus case Tuesday night, bringing the total number affiliated with the U.S. military at Kadena Air Base in July to five, according to a post on the base Facebook page.

An Okinawa health official called on U.S. military personnel to stay on their installations and for tourists to stay away from the island to stem the further spread of the virus.

The Marine Corps on Okinawa announced Monday that it had no new coronavirus cases to report within the last 24 hours and it was relaxing certain off-base restrictions for essential services.

The Marine Corps is focused on looking into the deeper reasons why certain groups of people are not as represented in specific career fields, such as in combat arms or aviation.

Twenty-seven of the 41 cases stem from a cluster outbreak at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma; the remaining 14 are at Camp Hansen, the site of another outbreak.

Since taking command of the Marine Corps, Gen. David Berger has focused on integrating the operations of the Marine Corps and Navy in the Pacific and championed the concept of Expeditionary Advance Base Operations.

Like the other services, the Marine Corps adheres to the Defense Department’s Military Parental Leave Program. A birth parent can now take 42 days – 6 weeks — of maternity convalescent leave to recover medically from the birth.

A fast-paced, action-packed trailer, “Ready Now,” released Thursday previews a reimagining that is going on of the Marine Corps. And Marines from Camp Pendleton’s 1st Marine Expeditionary Force are the stars of the video.

The latest infections were discovered “within the last 24 hours” at Camp Hansen through the Marine Corps’ trace-and-test process, Marine Corps Installations Pacific wrote in a statement on its Facebook page.

Ospreys, combat helicopters, tactical fighters and heavy-lift helicopters are all part of the exercise, known as Summer Fury, and some have been seen the last several days in the skies over Orange County. More than 5,000 Marines are participating in the training.

The Marine Corps on Okinawa reported one new case of the coronavirus Wednesday, bringing the total from two clusters discovered after the Fourth of July weekend to 142, Marine and Okinawa prefectural officials said.

Hiroshima has been declared off-limits to those living and working at MCAS Iwakuni.

Organizers have canceled the Marine Corps Marathon for the first time in its 45-year history, reluctantly bowing to the uncertainties of an uncontrolled pandemic.

Two cases at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma were reported to Okinawa prefecture over the weekend, raising the total associated with a cluster outbreak on two Marine bases there to 136. One case was reported at Yokota Air Base.

In Atlanta, recruits will receive medical checks twice a day and remain isolated for 14 days before traveling to South Carolina to begin the 12-week training required to become a Marine.

The Marine Wing Support Group 37, was responsible for synchronizing the efforts of four squadrons and how they provided ground support.

Lance Cpl. Andrew M. Johnson was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and four charges of willful dereliction of duty as part of a plea agreement.

Lt. Gen. Steven Rudder will now oversee about 86,000 Marines, sailors and civilians under the dual command of Marine Corps Forces Pacific and Fleet Marine Force Pacific.

One case of the coronavirus reported Tuesday at Iwakuni turned out to a false positive, the base said Thursday.

The USS Tripoli, the third Navy ship of that name, is designed to better deploy Marines and their aircraft from the ocean.

The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed daily in Japan’s capital city reached a record 286 on Thursday, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Cpl. Thae Ohu has struggled in the five years since she says she was sexually assaulted by a fellow Marine. She attempted suicide earlier this year. Now she’s in the brig.

A special operations Marine was awarded the Silver Star for assaulting a bunker and recovering a wounded Afghan soldier during a four-hour gun battle in Afghanistan last year.

The Marine Corps on Okinawa was struck with a cluster of coronavirus cases last week that so far has created several dozen infections at three bases.

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have ordered service members to wear more formal uniforms while at the Pentagon and other sites in the National Capital Region to project a more professional look.

Sgt. James Jayqon Parker was pronounced dead after being pulled unresponsive from the water at Marine Corps Base Hawaii’s Pyramid Rock Beach on June 28.

Dozens more people have tested positive for the coronavirus at a Marine base where a cluster outbreak surfaced last week.

The infected individuals, who were not further identified, “immediately went into restriction of movement and have not left their residence since going inside.”

Although countless recruits have completed the grueling 2-day, 50-mile "Crucible" march, the last training evolution before earning the title "United States Marine," Bravo Company has done so after dozens of recruits contracted and recovered from COVID-19.

A 23-year-old lance corporal from New York was at the center of an incident Tuesday morning at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., that forced the base to lock down for hours and ended with the Marine shooting himself, the service said Friday.

The Marine received the test result two days after arriving in Darwin on Wednesday in a third wave of troops arriving Down Under as part of the annual rotational force.

U.S. Forces Japan extended a public health emergency through Aug. 13 that had been slated to expire after the weekend.

Cpl. Michael Alexander Brown was the subject of an 18-day nationwide manhunt in November after being charged with charged with second degree murder in the death of his mother's boyfriend.

The Navy and Marine Corps in Japan moved Thursday to isolate and track coronavirus cases that have popped up on their installations on Okinawa and just outside Tokyo.

The shooting Tuesday morning at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., that forced the training base to close its gates and shelter in place has been deemed a suicide by base leadership.

The chief of staff at the Camp Lejeune Marine base on Wednesday asked North Carolina legislators to ban debt settlement companies, arguing that they hurt the military personnel and their families who use their services.

No reason was given for the closure, which comes a day after nearby Marine Corps Air Station Futenma ordered personnel to shelter in place after “several” people there tested positive for the coronavirus.

A shelter-in-place order was issued Tuesday at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms after the shooting.

Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Neary took command of Marine Corps missions in Europe and Africa on Wednesday during a change-in-leadership ceremony at Panzer Kaserne in Boeblingen.

An individual is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound after military police responded to reports of gunshots Tuesday morning at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., according to the Marine Corps.

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King Dixon, a longtime fixture of University of South Carolina athletics who served 22 years in the Marine Corps, died Monday night from complications caused by pancreatic cancer.

A shelter-in-place order went into effect for Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Tuesday afternoon.

Sgt. Tyler M. Rankin disappeared Thursday off the coast of Hamada Beach in Shimane prefecture, according to a statement Tuesday from Marine Aircraft Group 12.

Marine Corps veteran Kelly ”Murph” Murphy credits his military training for preparing him for “pretty much anything” — including participation in a new reality TV show that debuts Wednesday.

Cpl. Veronika “Nika” Gottschalk was adopted at 6, and has shown drive and determination on her path to the Marine Corps.

A Marine went missing at sea days during a recreational trip to a beach in Shimane prefecture.

Ever the adrenaline junkie, Meleah Martin now flies military fighter jets in excess of 1,000 miles per hour. That's not something she could have even imagined in 2009, when she left her childhood home in Walkersville to continue her lacrosse career at the U.S. Naval Academy.

“Search and Rescue operations are ongoing, in coordination with our Japan Coast Guard counterparts and local first responders,” MCAS Iwakuni spokesman 1st Lt. Phillip Parker said in an email Saturday morning.

“I set a climate that I’m proud of,” said Lt. Col. Michelle Macander of her time as commander of the 1st Marine Division’s 1st Combat Engineer Battalion at Camp Pendleton. “The Marines are trained and are a better unit than when I found them."

An April 2019 car bombing near Bagram has been thrust into the spotlight amid revelations that intelligence analysts believe those who planned it may have been paid a bounty by a Russian military intelligence unit to kill Americans.

The Marine Corps has reported its first case of coronavirus on Okinawa, a family member of a Marine who tested positive Wednesday after returning from the United States, Marine Forces Japan announced Thursday.

A Marine Corps review has found multiple inaccuracies in the investigation of a midair collision off Japan’s coast that killed six Marines more than two years ago, according to a report by Military.com.

Col. Alphonso Trimble transferred his command of Marine Corp Logistics Base-Albany to to Col. Michael J. Fitzgerald on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.

The Marine is a member of 2nd Maintenance Battalion, a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Logistics Group. The incident was not related to any unit activities or training.

Command of the nation’s only permanently forward deployed, seaborne quick reaction force is in the hands of a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan with a career in light armored reconnaissance, the Marine Corps announced Monday.

Remaining in place is a June 18 order from Andersen Air Force Base restricting movement for service members who are permanently or temporarily assigned to that installation.

Amy McGrath, a retired Marine Corps fighter pilot recruited by national Democrats to mount a bid against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has prevailed in her party’s Senate primary in Kentucky.

Lance Cpl. David W. Hollinger III, 20, disappeared in the water near the French Creek boat dock at Camp Lejeune on Wednesday.

A company recently demonstrated the ability of a "less lethal" electroshock round to incapacitate a target around 330 feet away.

The announcement Wednesday that the Oct. 25 Marine Corps Marathon would go on as scheduled came with an unwelcome surprise for some runners: They will have less time to finish.

Marvin Strombo, a United States Marine who as a young man on war-torn islands of the Pacific saw humanity at its worst and journeyed to Japan at age 93 to display it at its best, died Tuesday night.

The members of the famed “Blue Diamond” field band not only have a mission to inspire patriotism and build morale among the troops, they also provide security when the 1st Marine Division deploys.

More than two dozen Marines, sailors and civilians have been recognized for their response to a terrorist shooting that left three sailors dead at Florida’s Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Cpl. John William Thomas III was taken into custody after punching a college student, a police spokesman said.

Sgt. Wolfgang K. “Wolf” Weninger, 28, a critical skills operator assigned to the Marine Raider Training Center, was fatally wounded during one of the final qualification jumps of the Army’s Basic Airborne Course class 24-20 at Fort Benning, Ga.

Todd Winn protested for hours in front of the Utah State Capitol in dress blues carrying a sign that said, "Justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice and countless others."

Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Thursday that he would create two new groups charged with studying racial diversity challenges in the military in an effort to make the Pentagon a leader in a national conversation on systemic racism.

Lance Cpl. William J. Luce, an infantry rifleman with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, died Monday evening at Camp Lejeune, N.C., according to the 2nd Marine Division.

This year’s rotation, delayed by two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, includes 1,200 Marines, fewer than half as many as headed south last year.

The Marine Corps just gave service members at its training center in the shadow of Mount Fuji a little more freedom than most U.S. military personnel in Japan as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease.

Here's what the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigation says happened on the night a Marine shot his roommate at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

The coronavirus pandemic may have set back the sequel to the movie “Top Gun,” but it hasn’t kept the real-life Navy training course from graduating pilots in its newest fighter aircraft for the first time.