FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md., September 25, 2013 - The Marine Corps is transitioning from Marine Online’s Training Management System, or MOL, to the Marine Corps Training Information Management System, or MCTIMS, beginning Sept. 1, 2014. MCTIMS is replacing MOL as the Marine Corps’ platform for tracking, recording, and reporting all annual and support training … [Read more...]

Headquarters Marine Corps, September 23, 2013 - BETHESDA, Md. - The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences here has just published a new book titled, "Disaster, Disease and Distress: Resources to Promote Psychological Health and Resilience in Military and Civilian Communities." Available for free download on the … [Read more...]

Wall Street Journal, Page 17, September 20, 2013 - In discussions in Washington about the sequester and defense strategy and resources, a basic question is often asked: "With the war in Iraq over and the war in Afghanistan winding down, why doesn't the U.S. military simply reset to its pre-Sept. 11, 2001, capabilities?" The underlying assumption behind this question is that … [Read more...]

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS (September 19, 2013) - It cannot be heard, seen or smelled, but those in its sights will know it by the intolerable heating sensation they feel from head to toe. The Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, from Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., demonstrated the maritime security application of the Active Denial System, or ADS, at Joint Base … [Read more...]

Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia (September 13, 2013) - Marines moved through the extreme heat and arid terrain of the Australian outback to engage a simulated militia group of rebels armed with 82 mm mortars, vehicles and other weaponry. This movement-to-contact exercise was just one of three in which Australian soldiers and U.S. Marines worked … [Read more...]