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In its largest annual war game, the Marine Corps outfitted thousands of Marines with new technology meant to measure just how deadly they can be -- an effort to shed decades-old equipment and usher the service into a new age of combat data collection.

In its largest annual war game, the Marine Corps outfitted thousands of Marines with new technology meant to measure just how deadly they can be -- an effort to shed decades-old equipment and usher the service into a new age of combat data collection.

The four-legged robot was armed with an M72 shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher in testing by the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command and scientists with the Office of Naval Research.

The idea of using robots for military and policing purposes has been around since at least the Mechanical Hound in Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451. But while the future may seem terrifying, it also appears to be cheaper than expected – making it somehow even more chilling.

Looking for the latest Government Contracting News? Check out our story: USMC Conducts Service-Level Training Exercises With General Atomics MQ-9A Drone.

The British media's claim that U.S. Marines surrendered to British Royal Marines was "much ado about nothing."

The Marines on the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms have been involved in exercises involving weapons and tactics training. One of the exercises is an Adversary Force Exercise, which creates a credible, realistic wargame for the Marines. As part of that exercise, Marines are tasked with rescuing civilians from a possible hostile environment. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about the non-combatant evacuation operation… A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1s...

The Marines on the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms have been involved in exercises involving weapons and tactics training. One of the exercises is an Adversary Force Exercise, which creates a credible, realistic wargame for the Marines. As part of that exercise, Marines are tasked with rescuing civilians from a possible hostile environment. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about the non-combatant evacuation operation… A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1s...