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What began with 250 American Marines and sailors at Australia’s “Top End” 12 years ago has grown into a Marine air-ground task force of 2,500 that spends its seven-month rotation spread across Australia and the western Pacific. As U.S.-Australia military relations have grown closer, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin’s focus has evolved, too. Lately it’s helping refine […]

Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU 3) introduced its new Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles in a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, last week. The Marine Corps UAV squadron, the only one of its kind in the Indo-Pacific, is the first VMU to achieve initial operational capability (IOC) of the service’s […]

The drones will serve as “the airborne quarterback” for the new littoral regiment.

As the new senior advisor to the chairman, Sgt. Maj. Troy Black will bring four years’ experience with Force Design 2030.

A strong commandant system works, but only if the person selected is wise, not delusional.

Gen. Eric Smith has not received a confirmation vote due to a showdown between Sen. Tommy Tuberville and the Defense Department.

The drones will serve as “the airborne quarterback” for the new littoral regiment.

Gen. Eric Smith’s message to the Marine Corps is it’s business as usual until further notice. Smith, who is both the acting commandant and the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, released guidance meant to hold the force over until the Senate confirms Smith as the next commandant. In it, he includes priorities and expectations […]

The Senate hold on senior promotions has Gen. Eric Smith in a holding pattern.

The Marine Corps' acting chief issued a letter to the force this week pledging continuity as an unprecedented congressional blockade of his confirmation to commandant continues.