The US will create a permanent stockpile of battle-ready arms for its Marine Corps in Australia, with $30 million allocated for facilities in Victoria. China criticizes the move as undermining regional security.
The US Navy is planning a large, permanent war-ready weapons stockpile for its Marine Corps in Victoria, Australia. The US$30 million project aims to leverage Australia's strategic location to counter China's military expansion and is expected to be fully operational by 2028.
A US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet crashed into a mountain in Washington state on Saturday, injuring the pilot and starting a wildfire. The aircraft was on a routine training exercise near Rimrock Lake. The military is investigating the cause.
Former Marine Corps 1st Division Commander Lim Seong-geun was sentenced to 18 months in prison for perjury related to the 'rescue lobbying scandal.' The court found his testimony denying meeting with a key figure linked to the First Lady and his claim of forgetting his phone password to be false.
South Korean and U.S. Marine Corps chiefs met at the Pentagon to discuss expanding military cooperation and joint drills, aiming to strengthen their combined defense readiness.
South Korean Marine Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Ju Jin-seok met with US Marine Corps Commander Gen. Eric Smith at the Pentagon to discuss expanding joint exercises and personnel exchanges. They agreed to maintain combined defense posture and strengthen the alliance post-wartime operational control transfer.
SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The Navy and Marine Corps launched a weeklong regula...
South Korea's Navy and Marine Corps began a weeklong amphibious landing exercise in Pohang, 270km southeast of Seoul, deploying about 3,200 troops through Thursday. The drills feature the 'decisive action' phase with amphibious assault exercises involving landing ships, transport aircraft, helicopters, KF-16 fighter jets, P-8A maritime surveillance aircraft, and some 20 naval vessels including the ROKS Marado amphibious assault ship. For the first time, a New Zealand army platoon is training alongside South Korean Marine troops, while a U.S. 7th Fleet team also participates.
An Australian federal court judge has rejected former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan's appeal against extradition to the United States, where he faces charges of illegally training Chinese military aviators while working as an instructor in South Africa around 2010-2012. Duggan, who has denied the allegations calling them political posturing, is accused of receiving around 88,000 Australian dollars in payments for providing training without proper licenses. His lawyers plan to consider further appeals and have asked the new Attorney-General to reverse the extradition order.
