There will be fewer female E-4 to E-6s available and eligible to meet drill instructor requirements in coming years. (Pfc. Marvin Chavez/Marine Corps) As the Marine Corps hurtles toward ...

The Marine Corps has received the findings of a detailed independent study on gender-integration at boot camp. But Marine leaders say the service may not be able to implement one of the study’s top ...

A Pentagon committee has recommended to the secretary of defense that the Marine Corps should train male and female recruits in gender-integrated platoons at both recruit depots. The recommendations ...

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 ...

This story explains how Parris Island could fully gender-integrate its base. To understand what the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act means for the base, read our coverage here, published in ...

Lisa Taylor suffered through boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island 35 years ago. She did so in the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion, which for decades only trained women. On Thursday, ...

“No female drill instructors have attended Drill Instructor School or trained recruits at Marine Corps Depot San Diego to date, though that is our goal for the ...

Recruits with Oscar Company 4th Recruit Training Battalion during The Crucible on April. 28, 2023, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Cpl. Marcel Gorka U.S. Marine Corps Marine Corps Recruit ...

Before they train US Marine recruits, drill instructors must graduate from Drill Instructor School. Insider spent three days at Drill Instructor School in Parris Island, SC. The training lasts 11 ...

“No female drill instructors have attended Drill Instructor School or trained recruits at Marine Corps Depot San Diego to date, though that is our goal for the ...

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 ...