Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David Bligh is up for the job as the judge advocate general for the Navy, a position that has been vacant since Vice Adm. Christopher French asked to retire last year.

Congress officially organized the Marine Corps in 1798, the same year the Navy Department of the Navy was founded. The Marine Corps Act of 1834 made the Corps a distinct service within the Navy ...

Master Gunnery Sgt. Abiud Montes stands by to be promoted at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in 2017. (Cpl. Shaehmus Sawyer/Marine Corps) NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland ― The Navy and Marine ...