SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 - From Aug. 11 to 22, 2025, U.S. Marines and Sailors with 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, trained with, integrated, and expanded their use of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS). For the first time, Marines flew untethered sUAS over an Okinawa-based, Marine Corps installation. This aligns directly with the Secretary of Defense’s drone … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 - The National Museum of the Marine Corps reunited a World War II veteran with the tank he drove during the Battle of Iwo Jima, in a ceremony held Aug. 15 at the Museum Support Facility. In a powerful moment of living history on the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, Cpl. Leighton Willhite, 100, stood beside “Lucky,” the very M4A3 … [Read more...]

U.S. Marines assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-250 and Bostonians interact at various Marine Corps static display sites during Marine Week Boston, Aug. 24, 2025. Marines stationed across the globe commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps, honoring a distinguished legacy of service, sacrifice and unwavering fidelity to both the nation and … [Read more...]

AUGUST 28, 2025 - Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island demonstrated its strategic value Aug. 25 by enabling the launch of CV-22 Ospreys assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, underscoring the role of maritime prepositioning infrastructure in sustaining global readiness. The aircraft were offloaded from contracted sealift at Dames Point Marine Terminal in … [Read more...]

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15 (CLB-15), Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB), emplace concertina wire onto the southern border barrier in order to repair a section of the barrier in Yuma, Ariz., July 29, 2025. CLB-15 utilizes concertina wire to repair and reinforce sections of the … [Read more...]