The Marine Corps is the military service that still operates gender-separated training at the platoon level. (Sgt. Daniel Wetzel/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps has received the findings of a detailed ...

U.S. Marines may stop saying “sir” and “ma’am” to avoid the risk of “misgendering” drill instructors in a move urged by a new report. The use of such salutations elevates one’s gender and poses the ...

An academic report is recommending the U.S. Marine Corps get rid of "gender-specific salutations" for drill instructors. The report, commissioned in 2020 by the Corps from the University of Pittsburgh ...

Last year, without fanfare or a formal announcement, the Marine Corps took a step a key leader had formerly said was not feasible due to manpower constraints, assembling teams of both male and female ...

FORT HARRISON -- Two new drill instructor companies could be in place here within a year, expanding a growing and diversified military training program at the Helena-based fort. That was the message ...

The Air Force says a program allowing recruits to connect online with a drill instructor before arriving at basic military training is now being used across the country and has reduced the number of ...