‘Fun and frisky’ Down Under
This year’s deployment of a Marine infantry company, the first in what will become a larger rotation of units to Australia, has garnered lots of attention Down Under and throughout South Asia as...
View Article“Cribs”— Marine Corps-style
If you’ve always wanted to see how the commandant lives, here’s your chance. The Commandant’s House was opened to the public this past weekend as part of the Fall Festival at Marine Barracks...
View ArticleCommandant touts Marines’ collaboration with special operators
Commandant Gen. Jim Amos highlighted the relationship between his conventional forces and the U.S. special operations community Thursday, saying their collaboration in Afghanistan is “better than it...
View ArticleBehind the cover: The commandant’s plan to expose bad bosses and broken commands
If you’ve never had a lousy boss, consider yourself lucky. The sad fact is that at some point in our professional lives, most of us — military and civilian alike — will encounter a superior who is an...
View ArticleGen. John Allen quietly retires from the Marine Corps
Gen. John Allen formally stepped into retirement Monday, moving on after more than 30 years in the Marine Corps with a ceremony at the Naval Academy. Allen already had been described as “retired”...
View ArticleBehind the Cover: Officers Under Fire
Marine Corps leadership has relieved six unit commanders and senior officers in the space of a few weeks, and the commandant, Gen. James Amos, is sending a clear message that COs will be held...
View ArticleMythbusters: The First Commandant
Our story about the group installing a gravestone for Maj. Samuel Nicholas, first commandant of the Marine Corps, got tons of great attention online, much of it from people who know their Marine Corps...
View ArticleBonnie Amos, wife of the Marine Corps commandant, launches Facebook page
Bonnie Amos, the wife of Commandant Gen. Jim Amos, has taken her work to Facebook. The First Lady of the Marine Corps’ page was launched online recently, and pointed out by Sergeant Major of the Marine...
View ArticleBehind the Cover: How a commandant’s son escaped controversy to become a...
Marine Corps Times’ cover story this week dives deeply into an issue that has rubbed a number of Marines raw, following the recent publication of news stories about a pending inspector general...
View ArticleCancer survivor becomes 22nd Honorary Marine
Daran Wankum of Merriam Kansas has always wanted to be a U.S. Marine and follow the footsteps of his grandfather, reported KBMC 9 of Kansas City. Unfortunately, at age 18 and before he could get the...
View ArticleAmos: Marines sticking to their MARPAT “like a hobo on a ham sandwich”
Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, reassured Marines in Hawaii last week that he was committed to keeping the distinctive MARPAT camouflage pattern for Marines, even as lawmakers consider...
View ArticleHandwriting experts: you shouldn’t cross the commandant
Dynamic. Self-assertive. Self-protective. These are words some experts used to describe Marine Corps commandant Gen. Jim Amos–or at least, how they believe his signature describes him. Writing for...
View ArticleAmos: Marines not likely to go straight from boot camp to battlefield
Marine Corps commandant Gen. Jim Amos sat down for an interview with Leatherneck Magazine recently, which is freshly out in the magazine’s February edition. The interviewer, Arthur P. Brill Jr., asked...
View ArticleNew report: Marine Corps commandant could be a ‘lame duck’
Questions about whether Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Jim Amos illegally pressured subordinates to punish Marines shown urinating on Taliban corpses in a video may limit Amos’ ability to lead the Marine...
View ArticleAmos: I’d like the .45 instead of the 9 millimeter
A congressman told Gen. James Amos that Marines in his district would like to see their M9 service pistol replaced with a .45-caliber — and Amos replied that he would, too. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga.,...
View ArticleTattoos and Terminal Lance: the 5 most surprising things we learned from the...
The commandant and sergeant major of the Marine Corps took to Facebook last Friday afternoon, answering nearly 30 candid questions from the Marine Corps community in the space of an hour as part of his...
View ArticleCommandant gives preview of the global Marine Corps in 2020
Water scarcity, regional conflict zones, and the “youth bulge:” these are all problems that may become the Marine Corps’ business in the near future. That was the message from Marine Corps Commandant...
View ArticleFormer commandant backs congressman in contentious primary fight — and here’s...
One of the Marine Corps’ biggest advocates in Congress is facing a tough re-election fight, and a former commandant has lent his name to the campaign with hopes it will swing some votes in a district...
View Article
