Last year, an idea began percolating among some Marine infantry officers: How could they draft principles and procedures for if the Marines found themselves in a conflict similar to the one now raging ...

Do you know what every MOS in the United States Marine Corps Infantry is? The Marine Infantry has a wide range of jobs within it for Infantry Marines, each with unique opportunities and skills to ...

A brief overview documentary of the training that takes place at School of Infantry West (SOI) at Camp Pendleton, CA. This ...

A complex new shooting assessment program that requires Marines to be fast, mobile and accurate is rolling out across the Marine Corps, and the infantry community will be the first to be put to the ...

Combat instructors -- Marines who teach entry-level devil dogs basic warfighting skills -- are once again a special duty assignment. As of May, the combat instructor, which is open to infantry Marines ...

Four Marines in helmets and flak jackets are stacked outside a rusty metal building covered in faux brick and wood. The first enters the doorway with his rifle at the ready, followed by the other ...

Marine Commandant James Amos’ recent remarks on the future of the corps can be summed up as: nothing new. In shorthand, “Rah, rah, the Marine Corps is awesome, and all we have to do is make sure they ...

There are many like it — 18, in fact. A new scrolling feature posted on the Marine Corps website walks through a vital string of identity to the Corps: a history of every rifle model that any Marine ...

A standard Marine Corps rifle squad will continue to be 13 Marines with at least one rifleman trained for expertise in long-range weapons like drones, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith announced ...

“Locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy assault by fire and close combat.” That’s the mission of the Marine Corps infantry. And as a Marine Infantry Officer, ...

Marines fire on a range at Twentynine Palms, California. The Corps will soon see significant changes to its shooting protocols. (Cpl. Joshua Pinkney/Marine Corps) A complex new shooting assessment ...