In 1968, while serving on tour in Vietnam, a bullet struck U.S. Marine Private First Class James Ohlheiser and left him partially paralyzed. On Monday, 56 years later, Ohlheiser finally received his Purple Heart Medal.

The Marine Corps will have a larger role in a joint U.S.-Japan virtual exercise scheduled for December that will focus on defending remote Indo-Pacific islands, according to Japanese officials.

Marine veterans, active-duty military and families gathered at The National Museum of the Marine Corps on Sunday in Triangle, Va., for a time-honored cake-cutting ceremony, a longstanding Marine Corps birthday tradition.

The USS John Basilone became the 74th ship of her class, and the second ship named after the Medal of Honor recipient.

While the U.S. Marine Corps’ birthday comes just days after the 20th anniversary of the battle for Fallujah, Marines across the country and around the world are celebrating with a forward-facing approach.

A Marine Corps rotational force is getting to know a part of Indonesia it hasn’t seen before, training for the first time on Batam Island, east of Singapore and close to a potential flashpoint with China.

The two initially met the previous week during a recruiting event at the girl’s school, police said.

Charging documents accused former Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson of wearing the unearned decorations since at least January 2019 and lying to the Marine Corps about obtaining a doctoral degree and transcript from Liberty University that same year.

A $1.7 billion missile-defense system proposed for Guam may have significant consequences for the island’s housing, health care and environment, according to a draft environmental impact statement.

The pilot should have remained in the plane after experiencing electrical malfunctions, according to an investigation dated Jan. 18, 2024, but made public Thursday. The F-35’s “advanced automatic flight-control systems” allowed the plane to continue flying for 11 minutes before crashing.