WASHINGTON — Now that the Marine Corps is engaged in a sweeping effort to fix problems in its barracks buildings, Marine leaders have offered some explanations for how the barracks got to be ...

Gen. Eric Smith has served as the Marine commandant since September 2023, although he became the acting commandant in July 2023 following the retirement of Commandant Gen. David Berger. (Colin ...

Gunnery Sgt. Rigoberto Sauceda inspects a barracks room during a service-wide inspection on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. (Sgt. Josue Marquez/Marine Corps) A nearly $11 billion plan to overhaul Marine ...

Nearly half of the Marine Corps' barracks -- about 49% -- were found to have problems following a force-wide inspection earlier this year, but only a tiny fraction of those issues such as mold ...