Stick to your guns: Why the Marine Corps is opting for the M27 over the Army’s M7

The M27 IAR is chambered for 5.56mm NATO legacy cartridge, while the M7 rifle is chambered for the larger and more modern ...
USNI

Marines Training to Field Small Drones in Combat Units by Year’s End

Marine Corps rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), prepares to catch a Skydio X2D small unmanned aircraft system during ...
Washington Technology

L-3 to support Marine Corps combat training

An L-3 Communications Corp. unit will furnish program and acquisition support to the Marine Corps for live and simulated training operations under a new task order. An L-3 Communications Corp. unit ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Firsthand look at Drone combat training at Camp Pendleton

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The U.S. Marine Corps is expanding how it prepares troops for modern combat, with new training at Camp Pendleton focused on drone reconnaissance and aerial attack tactics. In ...
GovCon Wire

Marine Corps Awards Textron Subsidiary ATAC $198M Deal to Support F-35 Flight Training

Textron subsidiary Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, or ATAC, has won a task order from the U.S. Marine Corps to support the service’s F-35 stealth strike fighter flight training. The task order, ...
War on the Rocks

We Need a Marine Corps, Part III: A Corps Recentered

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three articles on the U.S. Marine Corps. The first article was published on June 16, 2025, and the second article was published on June 19, 2025.
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Corps updates physical fitness test standards for combat MOS Marines

The U.S. Marine Corps is slated to implement a sex-neutral physical fitness test scoring system for Marines with combat military occupational specialities beginning Jan. 1, 2026, according to a recent ...