The Marine Corps is changing commanders in charge of preparing its special operations units for action. Maj. Gen. Daniel Yoo takes over Friday as head of the Marine Corps Special Operations ...

Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz has been vocal about a multibillion-dollar barracks effort meant to fix disintegrating housing, as well ...

Both Marine Recon and Marine Raiders belong to the elite side of the Marine Corps, but they have distinct missions and training. Recon units focus on gathering critical battlefield intelligence deep ...

The helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico presumed to have killed 11 servicemembers marks another dark chapter for a Marine special operations forces unit that is only 9 years old.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) certified the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for deployment with the designation Special Operations Capable (SOC ...

In preparation for its deployment last October, the Marine Corps' crisis response task force for Africa met and trained with Navy SEALs in Dam Neck, Va.; with the Army's 3rd Special Forces Group ...

A Marine Raider participates in the land navigation portion of the annual Marine Forces Special Operations Command 2019 Marine Raider Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 12 ...

Marine Corps Reserve gets new missions, new roles and a whole new design . ... be it a small special-purpose unit or a Marine Expeditionary Force invading Iraq in 2003, ...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Martin Garcia, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13, checks targets with Burundian soldiers in Mudubugu, Burundi, Aug. 22, 2013. The ...

Phase I ended with Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller deciding that the service should plan to stay at a 182,000-Marine force, with more personnel shifted towards missions like ...

That required initiative and the ability to make changes on the ground to accomplish the mission. Every Marine is a rifleman, and small-unit tactics are the lifeblood of Marine Corps units. Not ...