Marine Corps ranks for officers are split into two tiers: officer and general. Commissioned officers do not enlist. They serve indefinitely at the pleasure of the president of the United States.

Jack Taubl. After more than three years in the Marine Corps, the cyber officer had accepted a lucrative job in cybersecurity in Texas and was preparing to move there from Maryland with his ...

Marine Corps officers are selected from various sources, including the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Program, the U.S. Naval Academy, the Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) Program and ...

Warrant Officer Courtney Lawrence made history as the first female officer in “The Commandant’s Own” U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps. After 11 years of service and rising from Staff Sergeant, her ...

The top Marine officer has had enough of so-called “soft reliefs.” In a letter sent earlier this month to a wide swath of the Marine officer corps, commandant Gen. David Berger reminded ...

There is no challenge too big for a United States Marine. United States Marine Corps officer candidates gathered for their monthly pool function with active Marine officers to prove they have what ...

In a historic first, the Marine Corps plans to assign a female officer to the infantry following her anticipated graduation from its grueling training program, service officials said Thursday.

A study by Matthew Cancian and Michael Klein of the Fletcher School at Tufts University shows that the Marine Corps may be seeing a decline in the performance of its commissioned officers.

“The basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced education, another assignment of significant value to the Marine Corps, or a career progression ...