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By Feb 13, 2021
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Female Marine recruits have arrived at Recruit Depot San Diego for training for the first time ever

This is happening!
By Dec 15, 2020
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Female Marine recruits will train at Recruit Depot San Diego for the first time ever starting next year

This is a big deal.
By Oct 12, 2020
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One of the first Black Marines finally gets his Congressional Gold Medal

Nearly 20,000 Black Marines went through boot camp at segregated Montford Point
By Oct 2, 2020
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The Marine Corps is ‘looking at all options’ when it comes to future boot camp locations

A military task force convened in South Carolina on Thursday as leaders there attempt to halt any chance of the...
By Sep 28, 2020
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‘Ain’t gonna happen!’ Politicians vow to keep Parris Island open

"If you're looking to save money -- let's start with cutting those people who think closing Parris Island is a...
By Sep 25, 2020
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Marine Corps may close storied Parris Island and San Diego boot camps to open a new coed site

"No decisions have been made ... It's just an option we're talking about."
By Sep 24, 2020
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The Marines are nowhere near ready for gender-integrated boot camp, commandant says

'Nothing [about] the way we’re organized right now lends itself to integrated recruit training.'
By Sep 10, 2020
Entertainment

That one scene in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ that convinced a lot of young Marines to enlist in the first place

The entire seven-minute scene is one prolonged dive into depravity, pain, and verbal abuse, but it also felt a little...
By Sep 8, 2020
Immigration Rundown

She was born in a Russian prison and became a trailblazing infantry Marine

18-year-old Maria Daume’s path to the yellow footprints of Parris Island, South Carolina, which will culminate in her graduation on...
By Sep 1, 2020
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The Marine Corps says all-male boot camp companies will soon be ‘obsolete’

Marine leaders want every male recruit arriving at boot camp to train alongside women in the same company, putting an...
By Jul 9, 2020
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Hundreds of Marine recruits have now tested positive for COVID-19 at boot camp

The Marine Corps has seen hundreds of new recruits at boot camp test positive for the illness caused by the...
By May 7, 2020
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The Marine Corps wanted a university to study co-ed boot camp. No one applied

A planned independent, in-depth assessment of the Marine Corps' historically gender-segregated boot camp training model hasn't started yet — because...
By Mar 30, 2020
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Navy delays new arrivals at boot camp for a week after recruit tests positive for COVID-19

'There are no recruits that will be showing up this week. They will be moved to next week, and from...
By Mar 12, 2020
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San Diego Marine Corps boot camp suspends all public graduations

San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot suspended public boot camp graduations Thursday as a public health precaution over the spreading...
By Mar 11, 2020
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Marine boot camp graduations and family events continue in San Diego as Navy, Air Force cancel

While other services canceled, the Marines do not see a reason to do so at this time and are following...
By Feb 17, 2020
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San Diego attorney seeks justice for Marine confined more than two years without trial or charges

"I can't believe how long this case has been sitting around," said the Marine's attorney.
By Dec 31, 2019
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No, the Hanukkah stabbing suspect was never a Marine. He didn’t even make it through boot camp.

Grafton E. Thomas is charged with attempted murder and committing a hate crime in connection with the Dec. 28 attack....
By Dec 10, 2019
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Pentagon watchdog to investigate deaths at recruit training

The top Pentagon watchdog has announced it would be investigating all deaths of recruits during initial military training over the...
By Dec 10, 2019
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A new measure would end gender segregation at Marine Corps boot camp for good

The final conference version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision that would require the service to...
By Nov 14, 2019
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She’s photographed every major war of the last 20 years. Marine Corps boot camp was something else entirely

"I understand why it's done intellectually, but it was tough to be around so much screaming all the time."
By Nov 5, 2019
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The mother of a Navy recruit who died in boot camp claims the service ignored clear PT-related health risks

"This health condition (Kierra had), they knew it," she said. "They found it. They should have handled it better."
By Nov 1, 2019
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2 more co-ed Marine boot camp companies are training together at Parris Island

By the end of the week, two more co-ed companies will be training at the Marine Corps' East Coast recruit...
By Oct 29, 2019
Vultures' Row

No, hazing doesn’t teach discipline. It actually does the opposite

Hazing represents the opposite [of discipline]... it is the product of a lack of self-control and laziness.
By Oct 21, 2019
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The Marine Corps says its boot camp reforms have cut down on drill instructor misconduct

The Marines say new reforms led to a a 64% decrease in substantiated allegations of drill instructor misconduct at Marine...
By Oct 4, 2019
Unsung Heroes

The student who disarmed a gunman during a Colorado high school shooting is now a US Marine

One of the high school students who helped take down and disarm a gunman during a school shooting earlier this...