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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 ...
“The Marine Corps’ new directive targeting medical shaving waivers for razor bumps — a well known condition in the Marine Corps that disproportionately affects Black men — represents ...
Today — August 29, 2024 — is the 108th birthday of the Marine Corps Reserve. For anyone unaware, members of the Marine Corps Reserve “are trained in combat and can be mobilized for active ...
Boonie hats are round, wide-brimmed sun hats worn by troops in particularly hot or tropical climates, such as the jungles of Vietnam, that call for more-breathable headgear with greater skin coverage.
In this 2021 photo, U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group, Cyber Protection Team 651, compete in the Marine Corps "Capture the Flag" Cyber Games 2021 at Fort Meade, Maryland.
The Marine Corps is leaning into its transformation into a lighter service of futuristic weapons, advanced logistics, and leaner formations, but it could move even faster if its budget weren’t ...
Soldiers wear sun hats, better known as boonies, during the the Jungle Operations Training Course at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in 2021. Gen. James Isenhower III, commander of the 1st Armored ...
Soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas, can wear “boonie hats” to protect them from the sun, which shines an average of 302 days per year in El Paso.
The boonie hat was introduced and became a fixture for the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. It started as the cap of choice for U.S. Army Green Berets before finding a larger ...
The U.S. military continued to issue the hat in various materials, including cotton and wind-resistant poplins, and it still sees consistent use to this day as part of the military uniform; service ...
Few do it better than Patagonia, and we’re not even talking about the company’s repeated and on-the-record commitment to the outdoors. It’s universally beloved for a good reason. For example, the ...