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Corpsman receives medal for saving Marine from heat stroke

Hospital Corpsman Billy Bui said his sense of duty comes from his grandfather, who risked everything to help his family flee Vietnam.

More military children will soon have access to DOD-operated schools

A new program ends a blanket requirement that families must live on base in order for their children to attend DOD schools.

In quiet shift, Marines allow mixed-gender DI teams to train recruits

A typical integrated team will have three DIs of one gender and a fourth of the opposite gender, with most featuring three male instructors and one female.

Slain Marine’s family ‘let down’ by killer’s 8-year sentence

Cpl. Jesse Thomas Bopp pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 shooting of a fellow Marine, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Austin Schwenk.

Recruit to gunny: 1st Marine graduates from talent acquisition program

When Justin Kelley graduates today from Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he’ll be a gunnery sergeant.

Space Force boot camp? Newest service wants its own military training

“At some point ... we’ve got to train and educate our own people,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said.

Navy to cut boot camp from 10 weeks to nine

The Navy is revamping its curriculum to “eliminate redundant training."

Female recruits now shipping equally to MCRDs Parris Island, San Diego

The Marine Corps has hit its goal of assigning women to its boot camps the same way it assigns men.

Marine recruit says nah to ‘rah,’ flees boot camp, gets captured

The recruit was returned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego after being captured by authorities.

Opinion

Congress needs to act faster on behalf of Camp Lejeune water victims

Legislation could help make the process easier for veterans and their families who were sickened by Camp Lejeune water, our guest opinion writer argues.