Tag: US marines

  • US Marines on foreign ships?

    Lack of current platforms forcing new ideas. Marines looking at deploying aboard foreign ships Jim Michaels Faced with a shortage of U.S. Navy ships, the Marine Corps is exploring a […]

  • Changing World Prompted Strategy Update

    Emerging threats prompted update.  Service Officials Note Changing World that Prompted Maritime Strategy Update By WILLIAM MATHEWS, Special Correspondent NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Much has changed in the world since […]

  • MARSOC Marines fine-tune skills

    Training to enhance board and search capabilities. MARSOC Marines fine-tune Visit, Board, Search and Seizure skills Story by Sgt. Donovan Lee U.S. NAVAL BASE CORONADO, Calif. – Critical Skills Operators (CSO) […]

  • New strategies for US Marine Corps

    Alternative maritime platforms being researched. Changing sea duty: Marines prep to deploy aboard new ships By Joshua Stewart Marines and sailors are at the center of a test that could […]

  • War games boost PH defense

    Phiblex exercise concludes.  War games boost PH territorial defense capability By Frances Mangosing MANILA, Philippines—The just concluded Philippine-US war games honed the maritime defense capability of the Philippine Marines amid a […]

  • US helo in Gulf of Aden crash

    All personnel safely rescued. Marine Helicopter Crashes in the Gulf of Aden MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) — A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary […]

  • CARAT 2014 unites US, Malaysia

    A bilateral exercise highlights the growing cooperation between the US and Malaysian militaries. CARAT 2014: Advancing the US-Malaysia Partnership By Justin Goldman A bilateral exercise highlights the growing cooperation between the […]

  • Women on Infantry Course for First Time

    1:15AM EST October 3. 2012 – QUANTICO, Va. — It was 10 a.m., and the Marines trudging along the road bordered by thick Virginia woods had been up for seven […]

  • Cut To The Corp

    Given the news that the US Marines are likely to be heading up the beaches of Libya very soon – the timing of an announcement on Marine Corps cuts seems […]

  • Libyan Landing

    The United States has started the deployment of more than 4,000 marines and sailors to the Mediterranean Sea to support the ongoing military operation in Libya, the U.S. Navy news […]