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At The Basic School, freshly commissioned second lieutenants undergo six months of intense training designed to prepare them for the complexities of leading Marines. This segment walks through the ...

Every Marine officer is eventually assigned a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), but the process behind these assignments is more structured than many realize. This video explains how officer MOS ...

A long-held wish of the hard right was fulfilled this month when President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and, ...

U.S. Marine Corps FY 2026 Budget: Future of F/A-XX, Frigate Unclear; $47.2B Shipbuilding Budget Split Between Base Request, Reconciliation June 26, 2025 8:36 PM - Updated: June 26, 2025 11:21 PM ...