Japanese prosecutors have declined to charge a U.S. Marine accused of stealing a car, driving drunk, crashing it, and intruding into a man’s home in Iwakuni last month.

Lt. Col. Joshua Chambers never knew his great-grandfather but grew up with family bedtime stories about Col. Justice Chambers and the troops he led in 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, during the battle of Iwo Jima.

A multinational force, including U.S. Marines, is preparing for a “full battle test” involving 16,000 troops during this year’s Balikatan exercise in the Philippines, a Marine Corps spokesman said.

U.S. Marines have arrived in northern Australia for six months of training and operating as an air-ground task force across the country and in the Philippines, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

A weeklong bash, a commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, both founded in Philadelphia in 1775, is now a reality. Known as Homecoming 250, it will run Oct. 9-16, 2025.

Marine leaders described Cpl. Jack Cody as well-liked in his unit and a top performing Marine. He is the second service member to have been struck and killed by a vehicle at MacDill AFB while out running this year.

Marines with a medical exemption from shaving for painful skin disorders must have their condition reexamined within 90 days, according to a new administrative order that comes after the initiation of a broader Pentagon review on grooming standards.

A construction vessel spilled fuel oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa on Thursday, marking the third such incident this year, according to Japan’s coast guard.

Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have launched an inquiry into reports of delayed pickups and deliveries of household goods for relocating military families under a new system intended to remedy such problems.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a “rapid” services-wide review of existing standards for military physical fitness, body composition and grooming, according to a Pentagon news release.