Seven years after major gaps found, Marines ramp up armory security

In the wake of a 2018 Government Accountability Office report that found military ammunition, including missiles and rockets, was not being properly safeguarded, every military service and the Pentagon took action to increase inspections and security protocols.

Every service, that is, except the Marine Corps.

Nearly seven years to the day after the report’s publication, the Corps issued a Marine Corps administrative message mandating physical security survey protocols with stern accountability requirements and designated corrective actions for deficiencies.

What’s not clear, though, is why it took so long for the service to fall in on the GAO’s guidance. On GAO’s webpage for the report , the recommendation for the Marine Corps is still listed as “open” even as those for the Air Forc