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USS Boxer and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit deploy to Middle East

The Pentagon is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East.

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart, Reuters

4 days ago

Stick to your guns: Why the Marine Corps is opting for the M27 over the Army’s M7

The M27 IAR is chambered for 5.56mm NATO legacy cartridge, while the M7 rifle is chambered for the larger and more modern 6.8mm round.

By Daniel Terrill

4 weeks ago

Senate approves Donovan as US Southern Command head

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan assumes the post as the Trump administration seeks to reassert U.S. military dominance in the Western Hemisphere.

7 weeks ago

101st Airborne soldiers hitch rides aboard Marine Ospreys in exercise

The exercise comes as the 101st Airborne Division prepares to soon train on its own tiltrotor aircraft, the Bell MV-75.

By Cristina Stassis

8 weeks ago

US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela

The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media.

2 months ago

US forces kill, capture ’nearly 25 ISIS’ fighters in Syria operations

Over a nine-day period, U.S. and allied forces conducted 11 operations that killed at least seven ISIS fighters and destroyed four weapons caches.

By Tanya Noury and J.D. Simkins

3 months ago