A new tool is heading to Afghanistan to make it easier for Marines to put insurgents in their sights. The “Fire Control Unit” is a new 60mm mortar sight, small enough to fit in a uniform pocket, that ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) -- The Pentagon has expanded a temporary ban to prohibit the military from firing any 60mm mortar rounds until an investigation determines them to be safe. HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) -- ...

The Marine Corps is sending a new 60mm mortar sight, sling and heat shield to units deployed to Afghanistan. Called the Fire Control Unit, the Office of Naval Research sent out six prototypes of the ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. - A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) -- A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada s high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt ...

Marine Corps officials said Wednesday they will continue to let units in Afghanistan use 60 mm mortars but maintain the suspension of their use in training until completing an investigation into why ...

HAWTHORNE, Nevada -- A mortar shell explosion killed at least seven Marines and injured several more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately ...

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A mortar explosion at a Army munitions depot in Nevada killed seven Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and injured eight other service members during a live-fire training ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. — A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the ...

Most of the dead Marines were trained mortarmen The military has suspended use of 60mm mortars until more is learned Mortar can be held by hand or placed on a bipod The commandant of the Marine Corps ...

RALEIGH, N.C. – A military investigation has determined human error was to blame for a March mortar explosion that killed seven U.S. Marines during a live-fire ...