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First lateral entrants could join the Marine Corps within months

Marine officials underscored that lateral entry will not be a way for people to bypass Officer Candidates School or boot camp.

By Irene Loewenson

14 months ago

Gunnery sergeants who never went to boot camp? It may be coming in the Marine Corps

“Exceptionally talented Americans” could join the Marine Corps as lieutenant colonels or gunnery sergeants.

By Philip Athey

2 years ago

Military Recruitment Survival Guide

Thinking about joining the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps? Here's what you need to know before you talk to a recruiter.

By Blake Stilwell

4 years ago

VA to launch research initiative on toxic exposures

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to study military environmental exposures and their effects on veterans.

By Patricia Kime

4 years ago

Marine poolee dies in Maryland after run portion of Corps’ initial strength test

Jose Rodriguez, 18, was slated to attend boot camp at the Parris Island, South Carolina, recruit depot in September.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

Marine poolee among students who reportedly tried to tackle gunman in Colorado school shooting

Brendan Bialy, a senior, is enrolled in the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program.

By Andrea Scott

5 years ago

Will every Marine a rifleman remain? New cyber unit ‘can have purple hair’ but no Eagle, Globe and Anchor, commandant says

The Corps will create a new Cyber Auxiliary division, Commandant Gen. Robert Neller said Monday.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

After a brief respite, special operations parachute deaths are up this year

Two Army special operators have died in jump accidents this year, up from recent years.

By Meghann Myers

6 years ago

US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits

Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.

6 years ago

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