Shawn Snow
Early Bird Editor
Shawn Snow is the senior reporter for Marine Corps Times and a Marine Corps veteran.
All Stories By Shawn
Tensions with Iran and its proxies led to accelerated transfer of bases housing coalition troops to Iraqi forces
"This base transfer occurred amid force protection concerns sparked by escalating tensions between the United States and Iran and its proxy militias, which CJTF-OIR said led to an acceleration of the long-term transfer plan."
Marine Barracks Washington D.C. postpones parade season
The D.C. barracks said the kick off of the annual parade season was being postponed until further notice.
No Corps-wide waiver or suspension of the PFT yet
“To date, the Marine Corps has not implemented a service-wide policy to cancel or codify the postponement of annual training requirements; however, the situation remains fluid and continues to be assessed."
Quantico COVID-19 posters echo World War II and French resistance against Nazi Germany
“Marines are used to being on the frontlines of the fight, but this time our healthcare workers and other essential workers are the ones out there risking their lives by facing exposure to the virus on a daily basis."
Marine dies during fitness training aboard Twentynine Palms
“On behalf of the command team, I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the Marine’s family, friends, and unit. The cause of death is currently under investigation."
Watch coalition aircraft pummeling ISIS fighters in Iraq
“The ISF’s ability to target and punish Daesh in this isolated territory confirms that these Daesh criminals have no safe haven.”
Major maritime exercise in the Baltic region could be scaled back over COVID-19
“With each passing second of the day we are taking a look at each and every one of our activities to make sure that we can potentially preserver as many as possible."
Is the Corps just running and gunning with its haircut and annual training COVID-19 policy?
There’s a battle raging on social media among Marines and veterans full of snark, discontent and frustration over what many believe is a common sense solution to shutter barbershops, relax grooming standards and scale back training.
11 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels harass US warships in the Persian Gulf
NAVCENT said the Iranian ships “repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the U.S. vessels at extremely close range and high speeds” and even came within 50 yard “closest point of approach” of the Puller and 10 yards of Maui’s bow.
The Corps is not changing its tune on haircuts
The Corps trusts “leaders to make those calls, and we’ve given them the latitude to waive requirements where it’s not practical to meet restrictions."
