Assigning women to front-line units raises two issues: (1) Can women hold up their end in combat? (2) What effect will this have on morale? In response to the first question, Marine Corps Gen.

Allvin banned the career field identifier patches worn on airmen’s camouflage-pattern utility ... polishing and uniform ironing.” Jonathan Snyder is a reporter at Marine Corps Air Station ...

"Semper Fi" is short for Semper Fidelis, a Latin phrase that means "Always Faithful." It has been the official motto of the U ...

The Marine Corps is also planning to shift its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter procurements to buy more carrier-based F-35Cs and fewer vertical landing F-35Bs.

After the Pentagon lifted the ban on women in direct combat jobs in 2013, for example, the Marine Corps was the only branch to request an exception, which was rejected. As of November, nearly 700 ...

Parliament yesterday banned members representing the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) from wearing combat uniforms while in the House. The decision, unanimously welcomed by both civilian ...

The Philippine Marine Corps has acquired an additional water asset called Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) with Outboard Motors which is intended for the Force Reconnaissance Group (FRG). The ...

Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki’s final legal challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps airfield in the island’s north. The Tokyo court on ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) are collaborating to produce battle dress uniforms (BDUs) using ...

"The MDEC is critical to the Corps’ synchronization of national-level, joint, multinational and organic capabilities during large scale combat operations," said Brig. Gen. Bernard Harrington ...

Military police and engineers from eight states are among the Army and Marine units the Pentagon is sending to the southern border this week while soldiers with the 82nd Airborne and 10th Mountain ...