Drew F. Lawrence

1 week ago | military.com | Drew F. Lawrence

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1 week ago | military.com | Drew F. Lawrence

The Marine Corps fired the commanding officer of one of the service's most storied air stations on Tuesday, a regional spokesperson confirmed to Military.com. Col. Mark D. Bortnem, a former F/A-18 pilot with more than 30 years in the service, was relieved of his duties as commander of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Nat Fahy, director of communications for Marine Corps Installations East, said in an emailed statement.

1 week ago | military.com | Thomas Novelly |Drew F. Lawrence |Steve Beynon

A narrow stretch of federal lands that runs along a major portion of the U.S.-Mexico border has been transferred to the military in hopes of increasing migrant apprehensions under a new memo signed by President Donald Trump. The Roosevelt Reservation, the 60-foot-wide strip of land that stretches across California, Arizona and New Mexico, will be treated as Department of Defense property, meaning those who walk on the land could be subject to detention and likely legal action.

1 week ago | military.com | Drew F. Lawrence |Thomas Novelly

The firing of two top officials at the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command last week has rattled the cyber community, lawmakers from both parties and experts, prompting concerns that President Donald Trump's administration's tack on cyber threats against the U.S. is dangerously rudderless. The administration inexplicably fired Air Force Gen.

2 weeks ago | military.com | Drew F. Lawrence

The Marine Corps' new littoral regiment is less than two years old and growing as the service contends with how to resupply and sustain it in the vast Pacific region, where China's military influence is casting an increasing shadow. Col. Peter Eltringham, commander of the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, said in an interview with reporters Tuesday that logistics will be a key challenge that Marines will have to overcome, given the proliferation of drones, missiles and China's reach.