Marine Corps

The program is the largest weapons system in Pentagon history and has been plagued with problems.

Rep. Duncan Hunter said the Marines should not face a punishment “for the purpose of making a statement.”

An ex-Marine who served in Iraq was charged Tuesday with the serial killing of four homeless men near Los Angeles.

The Orange County district attorney charged Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo with four counts of murder Tuesday, accusing him of plotting out his killings and planning future ones, according to local media reports. Ocampo was arrested Friday.

The top U.S. general on Thursday joined other military leaders in condemning a video that appears to show American Marines urinating on Taliban corpses.

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After a rough 2011, Lockheed Martin is touting success with its often-troubled F-35 fighter program.

The defense-aerospace giant said Thursday its F-35 flight test program completed “more test flights and test points” than in any previous year.

The Marine Corps received its first two F-35 fighters Wednesday, as the program continues to move forward amid the potential for budget cuts.

The Marines’ F-35B version of the plane features the capability for short take-offs and vertical landings, but it’s been plagued by problems and has been the most troubled of the three F-35 variants.

A video surfaced Wednesday that appears to show U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of suspected Taliban members.

The Marine Corps exaggerated the story of Cpl. Dakota Meyer that earned him the Medal of Honor, according to a McClatchy investigation.

The newspaper investigation found that the parts of account publicizing Meyer’s heroic acts during a 2009 ambush in Afghanistan were “untrue, unsubstantiated or exaggerated.”

Marine Corps leaders are changing how the service buys weapon systems by injecting themselves into program management.

The Marine Corps already has devoted $9 billion to replace and spruce up war-worn equipment, but the service needs about $3 billion more to finish the job.

The military calls this "reset," and the Army and Marine Corps largely have used emergency funding bills to fix up equipment after a decade of war, or simply buy new combat systems.