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All Marine basic training graduates get 10 days of leave immediately after basic training graduation. Enjoy your 10 days off because after your R&R, you have to report to one of the Marine Corps ...
The Army, Navy and Air Force have held integrated basic training for decades. The Marine Corps remains the only service to separate male and female recruits during early weeks of service.
Antibody study of young Marines in basic training could provide COVID-19 answers The two-month study could answer why young people react differently to COVID-19.
The Fort Jackson army base integrated basic training between genders to create a gender-neutral culture. Because of a new defense act, the Marines must follow-suit.
To weather the onslaught of COVID-19, The Basic School aboard the Marine Quantico, Virginia, base has modified its training schedule, shifted field exercises and pushed classroom activities to the ...
The U.S. Marine Corps says it is temporarily suspending the shipment of recruits to its 105-year-old depot at Parris Island, S.C., where all newly enlisted Marines east of the Mississippi River ...
The Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina announced that sisters Ashley and Amber Valentine and Maria, Vanessa and Melissa Placido Jaramillo — the latter two of whom are ...
To give Marines a basic understanding of how to survive the watery forces of nature, they must qualify in Combat Water Survival training during boot camp.
To help prepare Marines for that new fight, the Corps has added a foraging class to The Basic School’s curriculum, where young Marine officers will learn how to catch and prepare their own food.
A 59-year-old former Marine and civil affairs soldier graduated Army basic combat training last week — a prerequisite for him to enter the Army Reserve after a 10-year break in his military ...
The Marine Corps announced Monday that it was suspending shipments of marines for basic training to Parris Island over concerns about coronavirus infections there.
U.S. Marine Corps recruits at Parris Island shown in 2018. The Marine Corps announced Monday that it was suspending shipments of marines for basic training to Parris Island over concerns about ...