It’s been about three years since the Corps established a new job field for squad leaders, and only 359 Marines have obtained it. (Sgt. Ricky Gomez/Marine Corps) A disappointingly low completion ...

More infantry leaders will have a shot at a spot in the Marine Corps' new Squad Leader Development Program next year.

A standard Marine Corps rifle squad will continue to be 13 Marines with at least one rifleman trained for expertise in long-range weapons like drones, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith ...

The deadline is July 31 and, so far, 119 Marines have taken the bonuses, he said. All the Marine Corps' 648 squad-leader billets are currently filled, Thomas added.

Marine Corps squad leader Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III was sentenced to 15 years in prison after jury deliberations Friday at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Hutchins was convicted of murdering an Iraqi man ...

A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted Thursday of murdering an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent.

A standard Marine Corps rifle squad will continue to be 13 Marines with at least one rifleman trained for expertise in long-range weapons like drones, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith ...

The Marine Corps, on the other hand, has typically used three fire teams made up of four Marines each, with one squad leader, for a total of 13 Marines per squad.

CAMP PENDLETON – A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted Thursday of unpremeditated murder in the killing of an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent. Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins ...

A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted Thursday of murdering an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent.

In the new Marine littoral combat team, squads will be made up of 14 Marines, split into 2 fire teams of six, with a squad leader and assistant squad leader.