A recruit going through boot camp suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during marksmanship instruction at the South Carolina base. By Matt White Published Aug 14, 2025 3:34 PM EDT A Marine recruit in ...
For the first time in U.S. Marine Corps history, women will be training alongside men during boot camp, NBC News reported. A platoon of about 50 female recruits began training Friday at a boot camp ...
If U.S. military leaders ultimately choose to close the Marines’ boot camp at Parris Island, they could seek to do so without needing Congressional approval. The Marine Corps’ top general generated ...
Final Drill at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island (Boot Camp), is the last evaluation of the recruits' execution of close order drill. Final Drill tests drill instructors on their ability to ...
Recruit Justin Kelley sets security during the Crucible on MCRD Parris Island, Dec. 5, 2024. (Staff Sgt Brendan Custer/Marine Corps) When Justin Kelley left the Air Force in 2015, he was an E-5 – a ...