Marine Corps Times

Marine Corps Times is a weekly publication that caters to active, reserve, and retired members of the United States Marine Corps, along with their families. It offers a mix of news, insights, and analyses, along with community stories, lifestyle features, educational content, and helpful resource guides. The publication is produced by Sightline Media Group, which is a division of TEGNA Digital and is ultimately owned by TEGNA, Inc. Before adopting the name Sightline Media Group, the outlet was known as Gannett Government Media from 1997 until 2015, when it became one of TEGNA's digital assets. Before Gannett took ownership in 1997, it was part of the Army Times Publishing Company, which was published by Times Journal Company.

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Marines killed in vehicle crash during border deployment identified

6 days ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Beth Sullivan

The Marine Corps has identified two Marines who were killed in a vehicle accident Tuesday while deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border. Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, and Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, both combat engineers assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, were killed in a crash during a convoy movement supporting Joint Task Force Southern Border operations near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, the 1st Marine Division said in a release Thursday.
Marine officer trio recognized for saving life of woman who overdosed

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.
Handheld counter-drone devices headed to deploying Marine units

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.
What Marine Corps aviation has in store over the next five years

2 weeks ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Todd South

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Over 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. That’s the vision Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Bradford Gering shared Tuesday at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition. “So, what does modernization look like in the Marine Corps?
Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions

2 weeks ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Todd South

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The 13-Marine squad is back, and the Corps is creating a new company within the infantry battalion to meet its modern war-fighting needs. Commandant Gen. Eric Smith announced those changes Monday at the Navy League’s annual Sea, Air and Space Exposition. The fighting unit had grown to 15 Marines during infantry battalion experiments in recent years.
Top Marine’s deployment plans face familiar wrinkle: Inert Navy ships

2 weeks ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Todd South

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The top Marine has a key objective for the Corps: getting Marine Expeditionary Units back on full deployment schedules. But he’s going to need some help. “My top priority ... is restoring a 3.0 MEU presence worldwide,” Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said April 7 at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition.
Marine writes book aiming to clear his name after bloody Iraq ambush

3 weeks ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Todd South

In 2006, shortly after graduating high school, 19-year-old Jonathan Phillips deployed to Iraq’s Anbar Province at one of the most volatile times in that bloody conflict. On Jan. 20, 2007, Lance Cpl. Phillips faced a fierce nighttime ambush that launched him into a national security scandal and led to him spending 20 months in prison, half of that time in solitary confinement. But that wouldn’t be the end of his story.
Marines’ barracks-fixing ‘Operation Clean Sweep’ returns to California

4 weeks ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Todd South

A group of California-based Marines are again clearing out maintenance and repairing swaths of barracks and housing as part of the Corps’ Operation Clean Sweep. Marines with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Division used funds to conduct in-house repairs instead of hiring contractors to do basic maintenance on the facilities, according to a Marine release.
Military medical system unprepared for future conflict, experts say

1 month ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Karen Jowers

When it comes to combat casualty care, “without urgent intervention, the Military Health System will continue to slide into medical obsolescence,” a retired Air Force trauma surgeon told senators Tuesday. The consequence of a military medical system that’s unprepared to handle a high volume of casualties in any future major conflict is that “many will have survivable injuries, yet one in four will die at the hands of an unprepared system,” said Dr. Jeremy W.
What troops need to know about the basic pay raise in 2025

1 month ago | marinecorpstimes.com | Leo Shane III

Note: Whether it’s health care, retirement benefits, family support and child care, VA benefits or other programs, getting smart about the rewards you have earned is worth your time. Although it is not yet clear to what extent federal cuts will affect DOD programs — including quality-of-life initiatives — these benefits were in place as of this writing. Visit this page for all of our latest coverage surrounding military and veteran pay and benefits.