US Marine Corps

Authorities are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Marine Corps recruit during a strenuous exercise that caps a 13-week training course at South Carolina’s Parris Island.

The first company of women Marines to begin training on the West Coast stepped off buses this week to begin boot camp at the Marine Recruit Depot in San Diego.

The recruits are part of a “proof of concept” on the West Coast, reports NBC 7 military reporter Bridget Naso.

One of the more notable moments from Inauguration Day was Lady Gaga’s powerful rendition of the “The Star-Spangled Banner.” But it was her outfit and her Marine escort that also went viral that day.

The remains of seven Marines and a Sailor killed in a “training mishap” off the coast of Southern California arrived Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Each casket, draped in an American Flag, was loaded one-by-one into a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar by a pallbearer group made up of Marines...

The U.S. military confirmed it located and recovered the remains of the marines and sailor who died during a training incident off San Clemente Island.

The remains of seven Marines and a Sailor killed following a “training mishap” off the coast of Southern California were recovered on Friday, U.S. Marine Corps officials said. Crews with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) located the amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) on Monday, USMC officials at Camp...