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Obama nominates new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

President Barack Obama nominated Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. to serve as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva to serve as the 10th vice chairman May 5.During an announcement in the White House Rose Garden, the president said that among military leaders, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

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Recently the Marine Corps underwent another change in its training and education spectrum as Marine Corps Bulletin 1500, in its third iteration, was altered Feb. 20 to enhance the overall quality of operational readiness and the commander’s flexibility in training. The motivation for this set of changes to Marine Corps Bulletin 1500, a comprehensive list of all required annual training, was to optimize available training time so unit commanders can be provided with more flexible training schedules to conduct mission-oriented tasks. - Recently the Marine Corps underwent another change in its training and education spectrum as Marine Corps Bulletin 1500, in its third iteration, was altered Feb. 20 to enhance the overall quality of operational readiness and the commander’s flexibility in training. The motivation for this set of changes to Marine Corps Bulletin 1500, a comprehensive list of all required annual training, was to optimize available training time so unit commanders can be provided with more flexible training schedules to conduct mission-oriented tasks.

Marine Corps Bulletin is adjusted to get ‘rocks out of rucksack’ in training

Recently the Marine Corps underwent another change in its training and education spectrum as Marine Corps Bulletin 1500, in its third iteration, was altered Feb. 20 to enhance the overall quality of operational readiness and the commander’s flexibility in training.The motivation for this set of changes to Marine Corps Bulletin 1500, a comprehensive

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Marine rushes into burning Okinawa hotel to alert sleeping occupants

8/24/2026 - https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2026-08-21/marine-hero-okinawa-hotel-fire-22615707.html

Marines Field Underwater Robots to Hunt Explosives Before Troops Hit the Beach

8/21/2026 - https://www.military.com/marines-field-underwater-robots-to-hunt-explosives-before-troops-hit-the-beach

Thales to equip U.S. Marine Corps ACV fleet with more than 400 Minerva dual-band cameras for improved battlefield visibility

8/19/2026 - https://defence-industry.eu/thales-to-equip-u-s-marine-corps-acv-fleet-with-more-than-400-minerva-dual-band-cameras-for-improved-battlefield-visibility/

U.S. Marines Open First Counter-Drone Training Lanes to Shoot Down Drones With Rifles and Shotguns

8/18/2026 - https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2026/u-s-marines-open-first-counter-drone-training-lanes-to-shoot-down-drones-with-rifles-and-shotguns

US Marines roam far and wide from temporary Darwin base

8/14/2026 - https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2026/08/13/us-marines-roam-far-and-wide-from-temporary-darwin-base/