The Marine Corps has made the combat instructor job a special duty assignment once more, effectively allowing those instructors to sidestep the sometimes-dreaded recruiter or drill instructor jobs.

SAN DIEGO - Marine 1st Lt. Brandy Soublet is about as far from the war front as possible at her desk in the California desert, but she's on the front lines of an experiment that could one day put ...

All Marines in combat arms fields will soon have to meet the same standards on their Physical Fitness Test, or PFT, regardless of their gender, under a service-wide policy announced Thursday. The new ...

Marine recruits conduct an initial strength assessment at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Sept. 6, 2025. (Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Marine Corps is slated to ...

At this year’s Rim of the Pacific exercise, service members from countries in Asia, the Pacific islands and Latin America have joined American Marines in training around Bellows Beach, practicing ...

Marines with the School of Infantry-East, Combat Instructor School, engage in a simulated firefight at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 24, 2023. (Lance Cpl. Zachary Candiani/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps ...