New in 2024: Marine Corps to even out gender balance at boot campsSan Diego is on track to have a gender distribution equal to Parris Island, South Carolina, by fall.By Irene Loewenson4 months ago
Marine drill instructor accused of peeping on recruit in porta-pottyFemale recruits claimed the drill instructor asked them if their “hot moms or sisters” were coming to graduation and made some recruits do his laundry.By Irene Loewenson7 months ago
Marines to deactivate historically female recruit training battalionUntil 2019, the 4th Recruit Training Battalion was the sole training unit for female Marine recruits.By Irene Loewenson12 months ago
Marines scramble to recruit female drill instructors after COVID slumpThere will be fewer female E-4 to E-6s available and eligible to meet drill instructor requirements in coming years.By Hope Hodge Seck14 months ago
New in 2023: A woman-led Marine Corps Silent Drill PlatoonCapt. Kelsey M. Hastings assumed command of the Silent Drill Platoon in November.By Irene Loewenson16 months ago
Why the Marine Corps may nix gender identifiers for drill instructorsWill it be the end of "sir" and "ma'am"?By Hope Hodge Seck16 months ago