Among Marines, there’s an internal battle over who had it worse at boot camp: recruits at Parris Island or recruits at San Diego. Stepping out onto yellow footprints, living meal to meal, and being ...

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 ...

Marine Corps privates Jamil Winston Jr. and JuliMarie Winston are a husband and wife who prove that the couple that trains together can stay together. Both graduated on May 17 from boot camp at Marine ...

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 ...

The Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted the wishes of more than a half-million children with a critical illness worldwide since 1980. Typical requests are visiting a favorite theme park or exotic beach ...

On the Day Movement Course, drill instructors explain how Trent Williams, 12, should move though the cylinder checking for wires that may be attached to a concealed explosive device on Thursday, Dec.