Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric M. Smith has released his commandant's guidance. (Cpl. Alexander Lesko/Marine Corps) A year into his tenure as the top Marine, Commandant Gen. Eric Smith has released ...

The Marine Corps will reconfigure all of its infantry battalions and shrink them from roughly 900 to just over 800 Marines by this fall as part of the service’s ongoing Force Design modernization ...

Last year, an idea began percolating among some Marine infantry officers: How could they draft principles and procedures for if the Marines found themselves in a conflict similar to the one now raging ...

The Marine Corps is honing its plans for smaller, tech-heavy infantry battalions through two years of experimentation intended to reveal the best mix of people and capabilities for the distributed ...

When most people think of Marines they picture an infantry Marine holding a rifle, but the Marine Corps has a whole lot more to offer than just infantry jobs. With more than 180 military occupational ...

A squad from Alpha company tactically moves from station to station as part of the capstone exercise for the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 29. (Sgt.

Spending four years or more in the infantry is tough work. With the miles and load bearing required of your feet and body, you can develop common imbalances that often lead to injury. Injuries to ...

Former Marine Corps Infantry Officer and Veteran of the Afghanistan War I vividly remember the first time I encountered death in the Marine Corps. I was a first lieutenant and my company's executive ...

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) announced on Friday that they will be purchasing up to 15,000 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles (IAR) and spare parts from Heckler and Koch (H&K) in Ashburn, Virginia, under a ...