Participants in the MCCAC program were "Marines first, and artists, or anything else, second," Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig, then serving as the Marine Corps' first director of public information ...

Stokes said that the commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith, issued guidance earlier this year that said the combat instructor role would once again be a special duty assignment.. Combat ...

Then-Sgt. Brett Meil, pictured in January 2022, took quick action on the grenade range as a Marine combat instructor in June 2023. (Staff Sgt. Jared Brown) When then-Sgt. Brett Meil saw one of his ...

Jerome Gary Cooper was the first black Marine officer to lead an infantry company in combat. He died on April 27 at the age of 87.

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 ...