HONOLULU — The U.S. Army soldiers finished wading across a stream in a rainforest in Hawaii, and they were soaked. Their boots and socks were water-logged and their clothes, hair and ears were caked ...

As tensions with China build and the US military sends more troops to the Asia-Pacific region, soldiers with the skills to fight and survive in the jungle are increasingly vital. The US Army trains ...

CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa — Marines assigned to the 9th Engineering Support Battalion were exposed to a different type of battlefield setting than the U.S. has been involved in the past quarter-century ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana National Guard 1st Lt. Kenrick Cormier has become the first National Guardsmen to graduate from the Belize Defence Force’s Jungle Warfare Instructor Course. But it wasn't easy.

Over the last year, the United States has been carrying out multiple exercises with partner nations in the Pacific. They’ve served two purposes, both for practical training and to send a regional ...

From the AZ desert to the jungles of Vietnam, Army soldiers and Marines share stories. From the Arizona desert to the jungles of Vietnam, Army soldiers and Marines share stories of combat. This ...

CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa — The Marine Corps took on fellow Marines and Army Special Forces during a recent jungle warfare exercise to hone a key piece of the Marine commandant’s island-fighting doctrine ...

U.S. Marines from across 3d Marine Division conduct a simulated combat missions during the Jungle Leaders Course 2-25 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, May 15-17, 2025. The Jungle ...

CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa, Japan (U.S. Navy)- Lafayette native Ava Hill, hasty rappels down a cliff during rope systems training as part of a 10-day Jungle Medicine Course at Jungle Warfare Training ...

The first week of January, while many were returning from a lazy holiday break, Jarheads with 3rd Marine Division were running and gunning through a weeklong squad competition at the Jungle Warfare ...

The US military is shifting its focus toward the Indo-Pacific region amid competition with China. That shift means US troops are doing more training to deal with conditions specific to that region.