Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Combat instructors -- Marines who teach entry-level devil dogs basic warfighting skills -- are once again a special duty ...

The Marine Corps has made the combat instructor job a special duty assignment once more, effectively allowing those instructors to sidestep the sometimes-dreaded recruiter or drill instructor jobs.

The Marine Corps has released the first images of the service's new combat instructor ribbon. The green, black and tan ribbon will be awarded to all Marines who successfully complete a 36-month tour ...

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dave Tomlinson, infantry weapons officer at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates the Squad Common Optic attached to the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. (Matt ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. (April 4, 2012) -- The Army and Marine Corps Infantry schools are seeing how the other half lives this spring. Two Sand Hill drill sergeants from 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry ...

The Marine Corps told Marines to expect the official release soon regarding the combat instructor ribbon to be awarded to Marines who complete a 3-year assignment at the School of Infantry West or ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marine Corps leaders have their eyes on the kind of combat that a war against an adversary such as China or Russia could bring, and they are training their troops to be prepared ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. - When it comes to teaching combat lifesaving skills to her fellow New York Army National Guard Soldiers, 1st Lt. Christine Kalafut is passionate about it. "I have seen many of these ...

There's a new ribbon special duty assignment ribbon for Marines who've completed a three year tour as combat instructor at the School of Infantry West at Camp Pendleton, or the School of Infantry East ...