Among Marines, there’s an internal battle over who had it worse at boot camp: recruits at Parris Island or recruits at San Diego. Stepping out onto yellow footprints, living meal to meal, and being ...

Clarification: This article has been updated to include a clarifying statement from the Marine Corps regarding the use of mixed-gender drill instructor teams. The Marine Corps has hit its goal of ...

SAN DIEGO, CA, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On July 15, 2025, Clark Construction, alongside leaders from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego and Naval Facilities Engineering Systems ...

The first company of women Marines to begin training on the West Coast stepped off buses this week to begin boot camp at the Marine Recruit Depot in San Diego. “It’s a pleasure to be part of making ...

Members of a platoon of female U.S. Marine Corps recruits gear up before training in hand-to-hand combat at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C., in 2023. (Stephen B. Morton/AP) ...

The Marine Corps has hit its goal of assigning women to its boot camps the same way it assigns men, recruiting and training officials confirmed to Marine Corps Times. In fiscal 2024, according to Maj.