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Thunderstruck: Marines compete in first-ever service-wide communications team competition

U.S. Marines from across the globe competed in the inaugural Thunderstruck Communications Team Competition, hosted by Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Sept. 10, 2025.

III Marine Expeditionary Force proves readiness in command post field training exercise during Resolute Dragon 25

For five days, from Sept. 12 to Sept. 16, 2025, III MEF Marines and Sailors traded air conditioning and office chairs for the realities of expeditionary command and control. The mission: Test the MEF staff’s ability to displace, set up, and operate as a fully functional command post anytime and in any austere environment, the kind of situation they might face if conflict disrupted established command centers.

Marine Corps initiates drone task force summits to accelerate UAS lethality

In August, the Marine Corps began hosting drone task force summits to chart a way forward for operational units across the Marine Corps to effectively employ small drones. The drone task force leverages work done over the last several years by various units, including Marine Corps Special Operations Command, the infantry battalion experiment (IBX), and the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team (MCADT) to hone techniques for using small surveillance and lethal attack drones.

U.S. Marines and Sailors Train and Experiment with Emerging Drone Technology in Okinawa

From Aug. 11 to 22, 2025, U.S. Marines and Sailors with 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, trained with, integrated, and expanded their use of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS). For the first time, Marines flew untethered sUAS over an Okinawa-based, Marine Corps installation.

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Lance Cpl. Jesse Marquez interacts with Kendrick Thomas, 5, during lunch at Cornerstone Community Center in Chicago May 13. Aboout 25 Marines were on hand to help serve food and clean-up the basement of the shelter as a part of the first ever Marine Week. - Lance Cpl. Jesse Marquez interacts with Kendrick Thomas, 5, during lunch at Cornerstone Community Center in Chicago May 13. Aboout 25 Marines were on hand to help serve food and clean-up the basement of the shelter as a part of the first ever Marine Week.

Giving back to the community one ‘cornerstone’ at a time

About 25 Marines, many from the Chicago-based 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines—a reserve infantry battalion — joined other volunteers at the Cornerstone Community Center in Chicago to help feed the needy and clean-up the facility today. Today’s volunteer effort was a part of a week-long event dubbed “Marine Week Chicago,” which is currently underway

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Joey Coates, five, looks through binoculars during a static display at Sears Holdings May 13. The event was part of Marine Week Chicago, which will hold events throughout the Chicago area until Sunday. At the static display Coates and all who attended were able to look through an array of weapons and climb into vehicles used by Marines. They also witnessed an Osprey land and take off from a field at the site. - Joey Coates, five, looks through binoculars during a static display at Sears Holdings May 13. The event was part of Marine Week Chicago, which will hold events throughout the Chicago area until Sunday. At the static display Coates and all who attended were able to look through an array of weapons and climb into vehicles used by Marines. They also witnessed an Osprey land and take off from a field at the site.

Marine receives rare opportunity

Lance Cpl. Sean R. Padfield, hardly ever gets the chance to show his family what he does in the Marine Corps. With Marine Week Chicago in full swing he’s taking advantage of the opportunity, including a static display at Sears Holdings today.Marine Week Chicago is a week-long Marine Corps-sponsored event, which is currently underway with events

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