I Thought the Marine Corps Would Offer a Better Life. It Was Another Place I Didn't Belong. "The Marine Corps had not been an escape. I did not find belonging or safety within its ranks."
Military Bases Assessing Damage After Hurricane Helene's Brutal Winds, Storm Surge Hit Southeast More than 4,000 members of the National Guard had been deployed to help out in the wake of the storm, which clocked winds...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
Pentagon Panel Says Women Should Be Integrated into Marine Platoons as Part of Recruit Training The Marine Corps is the only service that is not gender-integrated at the lowest recruit training level, according to the...
3 Deaths in 3 Months: Parris Island Loses 2 Instructors, Clerk After String of Recent Losses The service said the causes of death are still under investigation and none of them occurred during combat or training.
Parris Island Marine Officer Arrest in Florida Is Latest Leadership Trouble for Training, Education Command Lt. Col. Michael Masters was booked into a Florida county jail on Saturday morning and charged with felony-level "abuse of a...
A Historic Female Unit Will Be Deactivated as the Marine Corps Continues Integrating the Force The Marine Corps has announced that it is deactivating a historic training battalion at Parris Island as a sign that it is...
Marine Drill Instructor Charged in Hot Weather Death of Recruit A Marine drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, has been charged for his role in the...
Marine Corps Considers Abandoning Parris Island Amid Rising Extreme Weather Threats A string of recent reports has predicted that Parris Island will face increasingly frequent and ferocious hurricanes, floods...
Marine Recruit Dies at Parris Island -- the Second Death in 3 Months The recruit had been with the 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment.
Beards, Body Fat in the Crosshairs as Hegseth Orders Military-Wide Standards Review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a sweeping, military-wide review of physical fitness and grooming standards with...
The Worst War Movies Ever Made, According to Service Members and Veterans These are the worst war movies ever made, according to Military.com readers.
There's a New War Game for 'Nerds with a Drive for Violence.' It's Spreading Across the Marine Corps. In the war game "Down Range," Marine units can check out "kits" with dice, rules sheets and 3D-printed pieces that resemble...
Pentagon to Unveil Cuts Alongside Fiscal 2026 Budget Request The letter, addressed to House Armed Services Chair Mike D. Rogers, R- Ala., and dated March 5, states that Congress will be...
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...
