Marine Corps changes to training and education in 2024 and in the coming years will establish more training teams, build a career path for instructors, add advanced technology and could alter how new ...

The Marines will now have five water survival qualification levels: Basic, Novice, Competent, Proficient, and Advanced.

Beginning Oct. 1, Marines will qualify under five water survival levels: Basic, Novice, Competent, Proficient and Advanced.

New guidance, effective Oct. 1, 2026, will require U.S. Marines to meet tougher swimming qualification standards. “The changes are designed to be progressive, requiring an increase in both swimming ...

Old habits die hard. So after two rollovers caused by Marines driving the new Amphibious Combat Vehicle like the old Amphibious Assault Vehicle, the Corps created a new training unit to break outdated ...

U.S. Marines demonstrate the Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in 2010. (Lance Cpl. Jody Lee Smith/U.S. Marine Corps) WASHINGTON — U.S. Marines training at home and abroad ...

Marines are submerged in a Modular Egress Training Simulator during underwater egress training in North Carolina, Feb. 22. (Lance Cpl. Rafael Brambila-Pelayo/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps recently ...

Several dozen Marines were cleared this week to operate the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicles in Camp Pendleton’s surf zone, more than half a year after a series of mishaps in shallow waters.

Marine Capt. Jacqueline Sapitro trains for a strongman competition at Fire Station 533 on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in October 2024. (Cpl. Darien Wright/U.S. Marine Corps) A former Army ...