Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON ― As the Marine Corps continues to reconfigure the infantry battalion, leaders also must learn how the “base unit” of ...

The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment — the first unit of its kind — isn’t set to reach initial operational capability until the fall. But a recent exercise, in which the 3rd MLR helped prevent a more ...

The 12th Marine Littoral Regiment welcomes its final element, the 12th Littoral Combat Team, during a March 3 ceremony on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. (Staff Sgt. JVonnta Taylor/Marine Corps) The 12th ...

The sun beats down on the small Japanese island as field artillery cannoneers twist wrenches on massive encanistered missile rounds. It's September in Okinawa, and here at Camp Hansen, Marines from ...

It started in 2016, when then-Lt. Gen. David Berger looked at Marine units in the Pacific and saw that without radical changes, the Corps would be sidelined, or worse, in the most likely next fight.

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — The Marine Corps activated its second-ever littoral anti-air battalion Thursday on Okinawa, giving its seaborne quick-reaction force the means to defend against aerial attacks ...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — The Marine Corps activated its second-ever littoral combat team this week on Okinawa, providing the backbone for reconnaissance and anti-ship fire missions carried out by a ...

The Marine Corps stood up a unit last week meant to sow "chaos and uncertainty" for its adversaries in the Pacific, according to a news release, adding the service's first U.S. anti-ship missile ...

1st Battalion, 4th Marines was established in 1911 and later assigned to Shanghai. The battalion surrendered with all U.S. troops in the Philippines in 1942 and was reborn from the 1st Raider ...