The Marine Corps has an ambitious plan to grow the force and fight future wars, but new signs of gridlock in Washington may scrap the Corps’ goal of expanding to at least 194,000 active-duty ...

The Marine Corps is getting rid of its Scout Sniper Platoons as part of massive force structure changes, but Marine reconnaissance and special operations units will continue to have their own ...

The Marine Corps is in the process of taking a family readiness program away from paid civilians and ... The Unit, Personal and Family ... The "civilian staffing structure" is expected to ...

This is an increase from the Marine Corps' last force structure review in 2010, which found the ideal size for the force was 186,800. The service was then planning a drawdown from a wartime peak ...

The USMC plans to operate the Hornet until 2030, but a number of squadrons have already been disbanded in order to convert to either F-35B or F-35C units. VMFA-314 were the first former Hornet ...

1st Battalion, 4th Marines was captured in World War II and reforged from the Marine Corps' first Raider units. Now it will transform again.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Martin Garcia, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13, checks targets with Burundian soldiers in Mudubugu, Burundi, Aug. 22, 2013. The ...

A VMFA-311 F-35C Lightning II taxiing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on July 24, 2024. The aircraft can be seen sporting full colour squadron markings, which are present on some other U.S ...