Marines typically change duty stations every three years, but they should be able to stay where they are for longer, said Gen ...

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith, attends Modern Day Marine at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. (Lance Cpl. Valerie Escobar/Marine ...

Christopher Mahoney, the service’s assistant commandant ... with 44 at a four-star rank. The Marine Corps has 2,700 Marines for every general officer, Mahoney said Tuesday in his testimony ...

The acting leader of the service was announced as President Donald Trump's pick to fill the top Coast Guard post permanently.

The Marine Corps should, however, continue to modernize its thinking as well. Arguing several years ago in these same pages for redefining readiness, the chairman and the commandant observed the ...

Moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam “puts us going the wrong way,” Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith told reporters at a Defense Writers Group event in Washington, D.C. Wednesday.

U.S. Marines and sailors will soon participate in a major land-based exercise in the Philippines alongside forces from the host nation, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Between 1,500 and ...

While Mason said he expects decisions on that front within 90 days, the Corps is moving forward on other components of what Commandant Gen. Eric Smith has called Barracks 2030. The Marine Corps ...

The community paid tribute to those who died serving their country in a pair of Memorial Day ceremonies, first at Pinecrest ...

The Marine Corps touted its ongoing barracks improvements ... The improvement effort, known as Barracks 2030, is a top priority for the commandant, Gen. Eric Smith, and has added furniture ...