Marine Corps

Marine general taking steps to return to full duty as commandant several months after heart attack

Officials say he has been listening in on meetings and getting updates in recent weeks in order to be prepared when he returns to full duty as commandant.

Defense News

Marine Corps Commandant suffers serious health episode

Federal Newscast

(Photo by Diane Mohns, District H-D)

Riders gather at District Harley Davidson in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before embarking on Federal News Network's 4th Annual Motorcycle Ride for Charity.

A rainy but successful Federal News Network fundraiser

Tom Temin Commentary

DoD

Biden nominates new commandant of the Marines Corps

Federal Newscast

FILE - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mike Anglen of Turner, Ore., center, stands atop a cliff as Sgt. Bryan Wallace of Pikin, Ill., waits for his turn before their rappelling exercise at Jungle Warfare Training Center in Camp Gonsalves, northern Okinawa, Japan, on Feb. 8, 2002. Okinawa on Sunday, May 15, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, 1972, which ended 27 years of U.S. rule after one of the bloodiest battles of World War II was fought on the southern Japanese island. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)

Marine Corps LTG Vince Stewart: An appreciation

Tom Temin Commentary

FILE - Marine Corps Sgt. Justin Russell, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, section chief with Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marines looks out over a firing range at Fort Stewart, Ga. during a training exercise, Saturday, June 13, 2015. The HIMARS systems supplied by the U.S. and similar M270 provided by Britain have significantly bolstered the Ukrainian army's precision strike capability. (Corey Dickstein/Savannah Morning News via AP, File)

Does the Marines new modernization plan go too far? One of its former commandants thinks so

Defense

Why the Marine Corps has established its own software factory

Defense

DoD Cloud Exchange 2023: Space Force, Marine Corps and Leidos leaders on taking tactical advantage of data in the cloud

Defense

Inside DoD’s technology-heavy 2024 budget

Defense

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The Defense Department is urged to get a better handle on its tactical aircraft investments

Agency Oversight

Several military branches poised to miss recruitment targets for fiscal 2022

Defense

VBA needs to tighten up procedures to get poison-water benefits to Camp Lejeune veterans

For a period of some 35 years, a million people were potentially exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, the Marines base camp in North…

Agency Oversight

Marine Corps says it’s willing to go to negotiating table to keep talented service members

The Marine Corps’ second in command says assignments, bonuses and other benefits are all on the table.

Defense

Staff Sgt. Galen Peterson, left, an ammunition NCO with Distribution Management Center, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, poses with his son Spc. Justin Peterson, a Religious Affairs Specialist with 94th Military Police Battalion, in front of 19th ESC headquarters on Camp Henry. After growing up as an Army brat, Spc. Peterson enlisted in the Army in 2018 and now father and son are both stationed in Korea. (Capt. Cortland Henderson)

The armed services are drowning in ink

Defense

If the armed services didn’t allow tattoos, they’d probably have to cut the forces in half. In recent years, they’ve relaxed rules on allowable tattoos, responding to the fact that ink has become a cultural norm.