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Platoon level gender-integration ‘critical’ for Marines, committee says
The report also recommends gender-integrated drill instructor teams.
By Todd South
Marines embrace young honorary Marine with cancer ‘as one of our own’
Although Jack Lowe was in pain, he remained standing during the ceremony, even raising his right hand from his walker to recite his oath.
Marines are moving gradually to integrate women and men in boot camp
While male and female recruits are now in the same companies, the smaller platoons remain segregated by gender.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Top Army general in the Pacific warns of China’s military threat
The threat looms, so soldiers must be prepared.
By Todd South
4-foot-7-inch Marine says peers in boot camp ‘kind of looked up to’ him
Is Pfc. Nathaniel Laprade the shortest service member of all time? It’s hard to say for sure.
Drill instructor acquitted of homicide in 2021 death of Marine recruit
Staff Sgt. Steven T. Smiley had been charged with negligent homicide and other alleged offenses in connection with the 2021 death of Pfc. Dalton Beals.
Top officer, enlisted leader at Marine boot camp regiment fired
Col. Bradley Ward and Sgt. Maj. Fabian Casillas were fired on July 5 in Parris Island, South Carolina.
Marine recruit dies in South Carolina ‘non-training incident’
Pvt. Marshall Hartman, 18, died Monday.
Defense secretary tells Naval Academy graduates they’re ready to serve
“Class of 2023, wherever your career takes you, remind the world of what you stand for," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
West Point grad writes emotional letter to his Plebe self
“If there’s one thing I hope you’d do differently, it’s spend less time caring about school.”
By Sarah Sicard