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Marine Corps commandant to testify before Congress on training fatalities By (0) General David Berger, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, is expected to be asked in May by the House Armed Services Committee to testify on on a Marine training accident last year. Pool Photo by Anna Moneymaker/UPI | License Photo Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger will testify before Congress in May on the number of deaths during military training exercises, like one in 2020 in which nine ...

Sleep Disorders Are Skyrocketing Among US Military Personnel, Study Finds An Army Reserve wheeled vehicle mechanic with the 88th Military Police Company, headquartered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., sleeps in a van along with fellow competitors after finishing a night land navigation course in 2018. (Michel Sauret/U.S. Army) 12 Apr 2021 A new study has found that serious sleep disorders are on the rise in the U.S. military -- conditions that can affect readiness and cause short- and long-te...

CNO: Fatal AAV Accident Revealed Gaps Between Navy, Marine Corps That Need Attention Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday speaks on a panel at the U.S. Naval Institutes 13th annual Defense Forum held on Dec. 5, 2019. (U.S. Navy) 9 Apr 2021 Troubling findings into a devastating military training accident that killed nine troops prompted a meeting between the top Navy and Marine Corps leaders to discuss improvements needed to make future naval operations safer. Eight Marines and one sailor ...

By   Paul McLeary on April 01, 2021 at 10:15 AM Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger at Twentynine Palms. WASHINGTON: An ambitious new Marine Corps planning document outlines historic changes in how the service plans to equip, organize, and train over the next decade to meet the challenges of Chinese and Russian competition, ushering in changes not seen since the 1920s. The unreleased 180-page document is meant as a first iteration of an effort to create a series of small, agile units t...

8 [Camp Arifjan, Kuwait] Two Army Reserve officers deployed here with the 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) marched 50 miles in a Presidents Day homage to presidents Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. Lt. Col. Shane Cater, chief of the administrative law, contract and financial section, said he and Maj. Kyle “Dutch” Dietrich, a trial lawyer in the staff judge advocate section, began early Sunday morning and completed 41 miles before stopping until Monday morning...

The Marine Corps has until 2025 to integrate women fully into its training of new recruits on Parris Island, a century-old bootcamp on South Carolina’s coast. That deadline was set by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump.  Female Marines have trained for decades at the camp – but not at platoon level. In the past, women have been deployed in support roles while combat units remained all-male. That is changing across the U.S. military as more women go to war. But change h...

The Pentagon needs to think differently about investments, Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger said.

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an X. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Lt. Gen. David Berger, left, then commander of US Marine Corps forces in the Pacific, reviews aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 6, 2017. US Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. George Melendez The military has long focused time and resources on keeping aging, manned platforms in service. With Russia and China pres...

Christine Dacera (Instagram / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Dacera, 23, was laid to rest at the Forest Lake Memorial Park in her hometown, General Santos City on Sunday.  Some photos circulating on social media showed Dacera’s casket being carried by uniformed personnel, with netizens pointing out that it was as if the flight attendant was given a hero’s burial. Major General Ariel Caculitan, Marine Commandant, admitted that some military reservists were deployed to Dacera’s interment ...

Connecticut Democrats help China, putting pork before Marine Corps needs Tom Rogan © Provided by Washington Examiner Democrats on the House and Senate appropriations committees have put pork before much needed Marine Corps acquisitions that would allow the service to fight more effectively in a war with China. Its pathetic. As first reported by Defense News, the 2021 defense bill slashes the Marine Corpss most important funding requests. The Marines wanted $125 for new cruise...