US Marine Corps urgently modernizes its counter-drone capabilities to keep pace with Russia and China

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US Marines search for nearby unmanned aerial system threats
US Marines search for nearby unmanned aerial system threats using a Light-Marine Air Defense Integrated System aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms

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.

See Marines handle tarantulas and vipers to be ready to fight in the jungle

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A Royal Thai Marine instructor kisses the head of a Monocled Cobra
A Royal Thai Marine instructor kisses the head of a Monocled Cobra during a jungle survival demonstration at Exercise Cobra Gold in Sattahip, Chonburi province, Thailand.

US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz

5 US Marines are dead after their Super Stallion helicopter crashed

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A US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to execute a cargo lift during an exercise in California on Dec. 1, 2022.
A US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to execute a cargo lift during an exercise in California on Dec. 1, 2022.

US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Hutchinson

One of US special operators' most important skills is getting lost in translation, watchdog agency warns

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Army special operations soldiers foreign language
A soldier speaks to role players during an exercise at the US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School in April 2019.

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40 years after the Beirut barracks bombing, the US military is again at risk of clashing with the same forces behind it

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FILE - A Sunday, Oct. 23, 1983, file photo shows service members digging through rubble after a truck bombing on the US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
FILE - An Oct. 23, 1983, file photo shows service members digging through rubble after a truck bombing on the US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.

AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File

A family said they saw the missing F-35 fighter jet flying upside down at just over 100 feet before it crashed

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A US Air Force F-35A Lightning II performs on the first day of NATO Days in Ostrava and Czech Air Force Days in Mosnov, Czech Republic on September 16, 2023.
A US Air Force F-35A Lightning II performs on the first day of NATO Days in Ostrava and Czech Air Force Days in Mosnov, Czech Republic on September 16, 2023.

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The pilot of an F-35 that weirdly went missing ended up parachuting into someone's backyard after ejecting

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Airmen from Joint Base Charleston speak to a family living right next to the site of a crashed F-35 about the operation to recover the fighter jet and requests for the family in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.
Airmen from Joint Base Charleston speak to a family living right next to the site of a crashed F-35 about the operation to recover the fighter jet and requests for the family in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept.

Marines ground all flights after string of serious 'mishaps,' including the mysterious disappearance of an F-35 stealth fighter jet

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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 US interceptor fighter nicknamed the 'Cornfield Bomber' once miraculously landed in one piece in a farm field after its pilot bailed out

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A picture of the Convair F-106 Delta Dart
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart "Cornfield Bomber" suffered little damage when it landed in a farmer's field in Montana after its pilot ejected.

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