Three locations use the Reaper drone — and the Corps plans to open a support unit in Cherry Point, North Carolina.
The landing ship medium will be the Corps' first modern stern landing vessel.
For the first time, unit commanders won't have to make decisions on whether to prosecute a variety of serious crimes.
Navy divers recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed off southern Japan.
The announcement comes one week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in an Osprey crash off the coast of Japan.
By Tara Copp, AP
The search continues for the remains of two more missing airmen.
By Tara Copp, AP
The Air Force has recovered three bodies, is in the process of recovering another three troops and is still searching for two more.
American and Japanese crews continue to search for two people who are still missing.
Several military and civilian search-and-rescue units are scouring the water and coastline around the island of Yakushima, Japan.
Tokyo has asked the U.S. military to ground all Ospreys operating in Japan except for those searching for the downed airmen.
By Tara Copp, AP
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