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Why this Medal of Honor recipient is reenlisting after not serving for 15 years
In a rare move for the U.S. military, Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer has reenlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve ...
Marine Corps to field new counter-drone systems to deploying units
The prototype systems will allow dismounted Marines to track, identify, and take out small unmanned aircraft systems.
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Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions
Dropping back to the 13-Marine configuration still gives Marines more personnel than the standard nine-soldier U.S. Army squad. It also returns the squad to its previous size, but instead with a ...
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The Marine Corps has settled the debate over the size of a rifle squad
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 ...
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Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Bolin, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, posts security during a squad competition at Marine Corps Air-Ground ...