Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense systems in the Pacific, which would lead to one of the costliest ...

The troops began referring to it as Ontos, Greek for “The Thing.” But after years of combat in Vietnam, the Marines were just about done with it. Parts were hard to find, and the treads wore out ...

PENTAGON – The U.S. Marine Corps passed its third annual audit in a row, a benchmark of financial accountability and fraud prevention that no other military service, or the Pentagon as a whole, has ...

The Marine Corps has big plans in 2026 to advance toward fielding a drone wingman to collaborate with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. On Tuesday, the Corps released its 2026 Aviation Plan, outlining ...

Explore the intense combat faced by Marines during the Pacific’s Battle of Peleliu, highlighting strategies, challenges, and historical significance of this World War II battle.

Cpl. Ivan Mandujano, a supply administration specialist at Blount Island Command, performs an inventory check Nov. 4, 2025. (Dustin Senger/Marine Corps) The U.S. Marine Corps passed its fiscal year ...

A Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Friday was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps medal for saving a Marine’s life after a severe vehicle accident two years ago. The medal received by Staff ...

The United States faces a global landscape defined by strategic competition, contested norms, and the wide proliferation of advanced military technologies. As the character of warfare changes, Marine ...

Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. The U.S. Marine Corps has selected General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) to participate in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) ...

U.S. Marine Corps drill master inspects recruits with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion during their final drill evaluation on Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, June 14, ...

On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to capture an airfield. Instead, they encountered a landscape of coral, heat, ...

A U.S. Marine who fell overboard into the Caribbean Sea while deployed on the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima was declared dead this week after a three-day search, according to the Marine Corps.