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Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. email Confederate Military Base Names Just Met Their Gettysburg A Black admiral, a gruff Marine, a never-Trumper, and the maker of a viral video slamming Confederate sympathizers? Say goodbye to “Fort Bragg” and the rest. Say goodbye to Fort Bragg. And Forts Benning, Lee, Hood, and all the other U.S. military installations named for Confederates from the Civil War. On Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the four people who will replace Trump administration appointees on a Congressionally mandated commi...

Doing more with less is something Marines have always prided themselves on. In Iraq just a little over a decade ago, the most forward-deployed Marines in Anbar Province were still using M16 rifles with iron-sight alignment. Yet back in the chow halls at the mega-bases in Iraq, you'd find Army soldiers with fresh haircuts, clean cammies and the Cadillac of rifles. They carried the lighter M4s with collapsible buttstocks and ACOG sites. Broom handles? Always. Infrared aiming lasers or SureFire lights? Sure — why not? High speed, low drag was apparently critical to efficiently close with an...

The Marines wants to start fielding new gear faster than ever September 8, 2016 Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment prepare a Weaponized Multi-Utility Tactical Transport vehicle for a patrol at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 13, 2016. The system is a multifunction force multiplier configured to persist, protect and project the small unit built by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. The lab is conducting a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Integrated Experiment in conjunction with Rim of the Pacific exercise to explore new gear and assess its capabilities for pot...

Report: Marine corps investigating nude photo scandal – The Hillby wpjljron Sunday, March 5th, 2017.Report: Marine corps investigating nude photo scandal – The HillThe Defense Department is conducting an investigation of a number of Marines who allegedly disseminated nude photos of female service members online. A story on the investigation was published Saturday by The Center for Investigative Reporting and was completed by the nonprofit news organization The War Horse, which reports on war trauma. According to the […] The Defense Department is conducting an investigation of a number o...

By Dan Parsons | December 21, 2020 Estimated reading time 5 minutes, 59 seconds. The U.S. military’s appetite for small vertical-lift drones could be worth more than $1 billion if both the Army and Marine Corps follow through on plans to equip every 10 troops with a “squadcopter,” according to a new report on drone economics from aerospace investment firm Levitate Capital.  Recognizing the tactical utility and relative affordability of small consumer drones, both services have for years advocated purchasing vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for short-range ...