The Squad Leader Development Program ­includes a $30,000 bonus for 36-48-month contracts, and those qualified for the program are also eligible for the 72-month lateral move kicker of $40,000 ...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Grant Young, a squad leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, also known as “The Lava Dogs”, shouts an order during a coalition platoon attack ...

Cpl. John C. Fisher, squad leader, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, leads his Marines through Range 410 while participating in Integrated Training Exercise 3-16 at Marine Corps Air Ground ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted Thursday of murdering an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent. Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III, 23, also was convicted of conspiracy to ...

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.

US Marine Corps (USMC) officials have described future efforts to optimise the combat effectiveness of the base 'Squad' formation, reflecting on lessons learned more than a decade operating in ...

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. CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) -- A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted ...

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.