The Moral Imperative for Leadership, U.S. Marine Corps Col B.P. McCoy states that “to take and conquer land, you ...

The first woman to graduate from the Marine Corps' notoriously grueling Infantry Officer Course is now leading a platoon of male grunts in Australia. First Lt. Marina Hierl is the only female Marine ...

Soldiers at both the Maneuver Center of Excellence and the National Training Center are testing out new platoon formations that integrate robots and other technology into dangerous combat scenarios.

First Lt. Marina A. Hierl is one of four platoon commanders in Echo Company, a group of 175 Marines and Navy sailors. The United States Marine Corps has named a woman an infantry platoon commander for ...

First Lt. Marina Hierl has reportedly made history by becoming the first woman in the Marine Corps to lead an infantry platoon. The 24-year-old is one of four platoon commanders in Echo Company, a ...

While “staffing your company” is imperative and often emphasized, many commanders centralize critical information, leading to ...

A Marine participates in an exercise during the Infantry Officer Course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 18, 2017. (Sgt. Gregory Boyd/Marine Corps) Only two ...

May 29, 2021: For over a decade the U.S. Marine Corps has been seeking to reorganize itself to be less than an elite infantry force that supplant U.S. Army troops. The marines want to be more of a ...

First Lieutenant Marina Hierl is breaking barriers in the United States Marines Corps, recently becoming the first and only woman to lead an infantry platoon. The 24-year-old Pennsylvania native now ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, March 30, 2005. It is republished unedited in its original form. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment have ...