Camp Pendleton’s head of history and museums retires after 30 years

Faye Jonason –‘ innovative, tenacious and forward-thinking’ — was a major figure in telling the Camp Pendleton story ...
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Marine Museum marks the Corps’ 250th anniversary with new art exhibition

TRIANGLE, Va. — The National Museum of the Marine Corps will reveal a new art exhibition featuring mostly never-before-seen works illustrating Marines over the past 250 years. “United States Marine ...
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Inside the elite Marine Raiders: History, structure, and deadly missions

Discover the secrets behind the U.S. Marine Corps’ only Special Operations unit, the Marine Raiders. From their World War II origins to modern-day operations, explore how these critical skills ...
The Heritage Foundation

The Marine Corps Exists for Just One Purpose

The Marine Corps is older than America. On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress created the Marine Corps by directing that “two battalions of Marines be established to seize and defend ...
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Battle of Iwo Jima veteran reunites with tank he drove 80 years ago: ‘That tank was my life’

DUMFRIES, Va. — A 100 year-old World War II veteran and Marine tank driver reunited with the tank that once carried him through the Battle of Iwo Jima, rekindling his memory of one of the fiercest ...
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The Marine Corps at 250: Exclusive with USMC commandant, sergeant major

“You don’t want to be the generation that loses the first fight, and we’re not going to be,” Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz told “Unconventional” host Naveed Jamali earlier this year ...
Philadelphia Tribune

U.S. Navy, Marine Corps mark 250th anniversaries with new exhibition at HSP

This year, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps mark their 250th anniversaries and Philadelphia, the city where both branches were born in 1775, is welcoming them home with history, memory and pride. On ...
The Aviationist

VMFA-112 Unveils F/A-18D ‘USMC 250th Anniversary’ Jet

Take a look at the F/A-18D in special color scheme to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps. On Aug. 7, 2025, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 rolled out a special F/A-18D Hornet ...
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The U.S. Marine Who Forced Nazi Officers to Toast FDR at Gunpoint — and Became the Most Decorated OSS Operative

Most Marines had never seen combat when Peter Ortiz joined the Corps in June 1942. However, he had already survived five years in the French Foreign Legion and fought in Africa, faced the Nazis in ...
Marine Corps Times

Marine Corps to establish attack drone competition

Lance Cpl. Shane Sander employs a Sky Dil drone during KAMANDAG 9 at Oyster Bay, Palawan, Philippines, May 27, 2025. (Cpl. Anita Ramos/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps is slated to hold a series of ...
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32 Movies That Are About The Marine Corps

There is a rich history in Hollywood of making great movies about the Marine Corps. Although I never served, I'm incredibly proud to be the grandson of a World War II Marine veteran, so these movies ...