INSIDE QUANTICO — how Marine Corps officers survive the 7-month Basic School

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We got an inside look at how new United States Marine Corps officers are trained at The Basic School, a seven-month program that challenges newly commissioned second lieutenants physically, academically, and tactically.

With eyes on China, US special operators are back to battling the jungle

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A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command traverses a river during a jungle mobility course, Aug. 4, 2023.
A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command traverses a river during a jungle mobility course, Aug. 4, 2023.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Henry Rodriguez

The US Navy's new floating base for Marines and Navy SEALs is named for a Vietnam war hero

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USS John L. Canley in San Diego Harbor.
USS John L. Canley in San Diego Harbor.

US Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Mark D. Faram

Russia's elite paratroopers and marines are refusing orders to launch 'human wave attacks,' Ukraine official says

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Marines march past a honour guard soldier during a Naval parade rehearsal in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
Marines march past an honour guard soldier during a Naval parade rehearsal in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky

Debris from missing F-35 jet found 2 hours north of Joint Base Charleston, officials say

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An F-35 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 and an F-35B instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 perform preflight checks on an F-35B Lightning II jet at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 20, 2023.
An F-35 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 and an F-35B instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 perfor

A pilot training in one of America's most expensive weapons systems ejected over South Carolina. Officials can't find the F-35 he was flying.

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A jet streaks across the sky.
An F-35 Lightning II doing maneuvers to the Eglin Air Force Base runway.

US Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.

3 Marines were killed and 20 injured after a US helicopter crashed on a training exercise in northern Australia

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MV-22 Osprey
The Marines were killed when an MV-22 Osprey helicopter crashed in Australia.

Kyodo News via Getty Images

Marines fooled a DARPA robot by hiding in a cardboard box while giggling and pretending to be trees

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United States Marines and representatives from Boston Dynamics look at Spot, a four-legged robot designed for indoor and outdoor operation, during the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge at the Fairplex June 5, 2015 in Pomona, California.
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