PARRIS ISLAND — A 26-year-old sergeant was found dead Dec. 18 on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. An investigation into the death of Sgt. Cameron Thach is underway, according to Capt. John ...

Marine recruits’ first experiences at boot camp typically involve getting yelled at. A lot. Although they may not appreciate it at the time, there is a proper technique to yelling and screaming at ...

A Marine recruit is recovering after getting shot during rifle training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina. The recruit was hit shortly after 12 p.m. on Nov. 5 during ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A new Netflix series tells the true story of a closeted gay teenager from New Orleans who enlists in the U.S. Marines in the era when the Military banned homosexuality. "Boots" was also largely filmed ...

At least four people were killed and 20 others injured early Sunday when gunfire erupted during a crowded gathering at a bar on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, according to law enforcement ...

At least four people were killed and 20 injured, four of them critically, after a mass shooting at high school reunion at a South Carolina bar early Sunday, according to authorities. All four victims ...

BEAUFORT, S.C. -- A mass shooting early Sunday at a crowded bar on an idyllic island considered to be the largest Gullah community on the South Carolina coast has left four people dead and at least 20 ...

“Boots” opens in 1990 in a recruiter’s office in New Orleans. With the chaos of high school and its constant bullying behind him, Cameron Cope (a perfectly cast Miles Heizer) is desperate for a new ...

When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more like a seasoned general than a private. Instead, he was just another recruit ...

Hilton Head has little to prove as a first-rate beach destination. The 12-mile barrier island, nestled along South Carolina’s coast, stashes 26 championship golf courses, an impressive farm-to-table ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Growing up in West Brighton in the ’70s and ’80s, my family did not have a swimming pool, so any and all invitations to friends’ houses for a dip were happily accepted. And, for ...