OKINAWA, Japan -- Behavioral health specialists report depression and suicide ideation rates increase during the holiday season and into the post-holiday period in the Marine Corps, according to the Headquarters Marine Corps Force Preservation Directorate. Marines may feel lonelier during these...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East District (FED) has diligently worked alongside its Republic of Korea (ROK) partners in support of one of the largest transformation, re-stationing and construction projects in Department of Defense history...

YANGON, Myanmar -- The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) Pacific Ocean Division (POD) conducted a technical exchange in Yangon, Myanmar Dec. 10-14, 2018 with a focus on flood modeling.Natural disasters know no bounds. Disasters are nondiscriminatory and affect people of all nationalities and...

OKINAWA, Japan -- More than 9,000 sailors are currently embedded into Marine Corps units, wearing Marine Corps uniforms rather than their traditional Navy uniforms and, to the surprise of many Marines, they’re not all “Docs”. The Fleet Marine Force is comprised of sailors who are assigned to, or...

FORT MEADE, Md. -- A host of changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice became effective Jan. 1, modernizing definitions for many offenses, adjusting maximum penalties, standardizing court-martial panels, creating new computer-crime laws and much more.The changes strike a balance between...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard has suspended the active search for the remaining unaccounted for crewmember of the Sincerity Ace, Wednesday.“Following the conclusion of morning and afternoon searches by our aircraft and commercial vessels we suspended the active search. This is always a...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard’s commander-in-chief, Governor Mike Dunleavy, recognized his newly appointed adjutant general, Col. Torrence Saxe, in a change-of-command ceremony at the Alaska National Guard armory here on Dec. 31. In Saxe’s dual-hatted role, he...

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- For the last three years, engineers and project officers from Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC)have descended on the island of Oahu to put new technology to the test.In the fall, MCSC—along with Marines from the 3rd Marine Regiment and partner organizations from...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard response continues to the grounding of the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fishing carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6 on Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Wednesday.A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules crew arrived and made contact with the mariners who remain aboard the...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Every year around 300 reserve Sailors are activated and embark aboard the 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) to help support various exercises and operations alongside the Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F) staff.Reserve Sailors usually report to a Naval Operational Support...