Shawn Snow
Early Bird Editor
Shawn Snow is the senior reporter for Marine Corps Times and a Marine Corps veteran.
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Families of deployed paratroopers received ‘menacing’ messages, warned to double-check social media settings
Separately, a U.S. source told Military Times the WiFi access was suspended over fears of a potential hacking and leak of sensitive contact information.
The Corps authorized Marines to play a special version of Doom in the late 90s to help train for combat
Gen Krulak encouraged Marines to play video games to help prepare for combat, and he approved the use of select games to be played on government computers.
US forces could learn from intense electronic war battle in Ukraine
Ukraine has lost nearly 100 drones to Russian electronic attacks on navigation systems through a tactic known as GPS spoofing.
Drone and missile attacks against Saudi Arabia underscore need for more robust air defenses
Since the outbreak of violence in Yemen in 2015, Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched more than 250 missiles across the border killing at least 206 civilians and wounding nearly 950. Roughly 20,000 people have been displaced by the attacks.
An unmanned ship that can travel 500 nautical miles without resupply ― the Corps is looking at it
You can put whatever weapon systems “you can dream on it.”
Grunts to get new binocular night vision goggles by spring 2020 ― and they’re not green
The Corps expects delivery of 14,000 devices, with the first sets to be doled out to grunts around spring of 2020.
A remotely operated unmanned Marine Corps AAV is taking California beaches
“This modernized upgrade will allow the Marine Corps to remotely traverse from ship-to-shore with an organic vehicle capability to breach and proof lanes and landing zones for landing forces."
The Corps is looking at unmanned ships for a Pacific fight
Lt. Gen. Eric Smith said the Corps was testing unmanned 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boats.
