Why would one U.S. service pass on a brand-new rifle while another builds its future infantry doctrine around it? The answer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year, an idea began percolating among some Marine infantry officers: How could they draft principles and procedures for if ...

The split between the Army and Marine Corps on rifles is not a small-arms footnote. It is a clear example of how two services can look at the same problem and choose different engineering answers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Bolin, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, posts ...

The Marines' infantry program requires candidates to spend long days and nights in primitive conditions and to complete a grueling 20 kilometer hike with 85 pounds of gear. For the first time today, ...

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 ...

The recent announcement by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos that he is exploring ways to better integrate female Marines into combat units came hot on the heels of a policy shift that will ...

From British muskets to today’s M27 IAR, weaponry has advanced while preserving the Marine ethos. “Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman.” That saying has been an unofficial motto of the ...