Todd South

1 week ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Todd South

Three Marine officers were walking to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona, on Feb. 7 when they saw a woman beside a bus stop, her body folded at the hip, her head between her splayed legs on the pavement. “She was folded like a sandwich, which people don’t naturally sit that way,” said Maj. Michael Farnan, a military defense council judge advocate for the National Capital Region. “Obviously, something was wrong,” said 1st Lt. Max Goldberg, also a military defense council judge advocate.

2 weeks ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Todd South

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Deploying dismounted Marine units will soon field handheld counter-drone system prototypes as the service also bulks up their drone protection on fixed bases. Those systems, paired with an increased emphasis on air defense training for all Marines, are part of how the Corps is getting after the drone threat. The announcement came Tuesday at the Navy League’s annual Sea, Air and Space Exposition during a panel on Marine Corps modernization.

2 weeks ago | realcleardefense.com | Todd South

What Marine Corps Aviation Has in Store Over the Next Five YearsOver the next five years Marine aviators should see more F-35s, an upgraded MV-22 Osprey fleet, a larger fleet of cargo aircraft and data-enabled predictive aircraft maintenance.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Todd South

Todd SouthThu, April 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM UTC3 min readNATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Deploying dismounted Marine units will soon field handheld counter-drone system prototypes as the service also bulks up their drone protection on fixed bases. Those systems, paired with an increased emphasis on air defense training for all Marines, are part of how the Corps is getting after the drone threat.

2 weeks ago | armytimes.com | Todd South

The Army will recode nearly 20,000 paid parachutist positions in a major restructuring of its airborne forces aimed at improving readiness, service officials said. The recoding means the positions will remain airborne billets, but soldiers will no longer be required to maintain jump status or receive jump pay. Over a five-month period beginning last September, two dozen Army organizations met to examine the service’s requirements for airborne operations and training, Lt. Gen.