More Marines are staying in the Corps past their first contract than at any other time in the last 14 years. The Marine Corps is nearing the end of Fiscal Year 2024 with the highest number of ...

The Marine Corps retained more first-term Marines in a single year than it has in more than a decade, marking another step towards the service’s overhaul of how it keeps Marines in uniform. The Corps ...

Marines who extend their military careers now will have to wait to get retention bonuses they might be eligible for rather than receiving them upon signing a new contract, according to a recent Marine ...

Marines with the Quantico Ceremonial Platoon celebrated the Corps’ 250th birthday early with 101-year-old World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient Marine Corps Pfc. John Grimes. Jacques, Grimes ...

The Marine Corps in 2025 is about halfway through its decade-long, top-to-bottom modernization plan, trying to balance that with staying ready for its core mission as the Defense Department’s ...

Every Nov. 10, Marines worldwide gather to cut birthday cakes with Mameluke swords, listen to the reading of a nearly century-old order, and watch the oldest Marine hand a piece of cake to the ...