For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon will be led by a female commander. The Marine Corps announced Tuesday that Capt. Kelsey A. Hastings, an artillery officer, has ...

Then-1st Lt. Kelsey M. Hastings serving as a marching platoon commander at a retirement parade for Gen. Gary L. Thomas at Marine Barracks Washington on Oct. 15, 2021. (Marine Corps) When the Marine ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Seattle Marine Corps' Silent Drill Platoon, led by the returning first female Silent Drill Platoon Commander, Captain Kelsey Hastings, is performing at Whitworth College as part ...

The Marine Corps quietly directed its recruit depots to integrate male and female drill instructor teams at the platoon level in late 2023, and now the service is full steam ahead with the effort, ...

The U.S. Marine Corps overhauled training and technology through emerging programs like Project Dynamis, preparing current ...

When Capt. Kelsey Hastings takes command of the Marine Corps’ revered Silent Drill Platoon later this month, she will become the unit’s first female leader — and its first-ever female member. Hastings ...

A drill instructor with Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Platoon 4042, instructs her platoon on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Sept. 6, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Shane ...

A Marine with 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division onshore after training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on March 13, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – ...