Adversary vehicles, attack helos that shoot back, self-contained cyber, EW and cell phone networks all seek to modernize the training centers. The Marine Corps will still train aviators to fly the F/A-18 jet, but that training won't occur in a solely training-focused squadron. The breach wasn't an act of terrorism, according to a Marine spokesman. Female recruits claimed the drill instructor asked them if their “hot moms or sisters” were coming to graduation and made some recruits do his laundry. The round, fired by another unit, had landed two miles short of its target, reports say. The expeditionary force is supposed to be commanded by a three-star general. Marine Maj. Andrew “Simple Jack” Mettler was the pilot of a Hornet that crashed during a training flight late Thursday. The F/A-18D was based at the air station at Beaufort, South Carolina. The crash occurred on government property east of the air station at 11:54 p.m. local time Thursday. The Marine Corps halted an exercise at Twentynine Palms, California, in anticipation of Tropical Storm Hilary. Load More