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Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment will join ground forces along with a fleet of ships, submarines and aircraft from 26 countries for this year’s multinational, Rim of the Pacific maritime exercise off Hawaii, officials told USNI News. “As the world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity designed to foster and […]

The US is sending Pheonix Ghost drones to Ukraine. These loitering munitions could transform ground combat by combining the maneuverability, usability, and flight time of a drone with the lethal effects of a missile.

If employed with effective tactics, shoulder-fired weapons such as the Javelin can have a devastating impact on armored forces.

The Light Armored Reconnaissance vehicle might not be survivable in the Pacific against a concerted Chinese enemy.

There is a growing split in the Marine Corps community, and it needs to be addressed before it becomes a major rift, writes David E. Johnson of the RAND Corporation.

In July 2021, South Africa found herself in the middle of civil unrest in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng Provinces. Properties and businesses were damaged and looted. The target areas were malls and business that were damaged and looted.

The commandant’s vision seeks to prepare the Marine Corps for the contingency of a war with China in the Western Pacific, but committing the Marine Corps to a specific, unlikely conflict at the expense of the ability to meet a wide variety of other, more likely contingencies is a bad bet.

Marines are rethinking how the service does reconnaissance beyond its traditional light armored vehicles as part of the ongoing Force Design 2030 effort, officials said last week. With more unmanned systems on the market and the Pentagon continuing a shift toward potential operations in the Indo-Pacific, the Marine Corps in the next year plans to […]

Swedish officials are requesting a larger U.S. naval presence in the Baltic Sea as part of the ongoing diplomatic push for Sweden and Finland to join NATO, two defense officials told USNI News on Thursday. The Swedish contingent now in Washington is asking to increase bilateral and multilateral exercises with the U.S. Navy and Marine […]

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