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Platoon level gender-integration ‘critical’ for Marines, committee says
The report also recommends gender-integrated drill instructor teams.
By Todd South
Marine recruit who first held a rifle at boot camp ties shooting record
A week and a half after first picking up a rifle, now-Pfc. Francis "Frankie" Flannery scored a 249 out of 250 possible points on his rifle qualification.
Coast Guard helicopter crashes on southeast Alaska island
A Coast Guard spokesperson says all four crew members were taken to Seattle for treatment following the crash.
Marines embrace young honorary Marine with cancer ‘as one of our own’
Although Jack Lowe was in pain, he remained standing during the ceremony, even raising his right hand from his walker to recite his oath.
Marines are moving gradually to integrate women and men in boot camp
While male and female recruits are now in the same companies, the smaller platoons remain segregated by gender.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Top Army general in the Pacific warns of China’s military threat
The threat looms, so soldiers must be prepared.
By Todd South
4-foot-7-inch Marine says peers in boot camp ‘kind of looked up to’ him
Is Pfc. Nathaniel Laprade the shortest service member of all time? It’s hard to say for sure.
Navy search and rescue team saves sick, injured hikers
Both hikers received treatment at Harborview Medical Center.
By Diana Stancy
Navy search and rescue team helps save injured hiker in Washington
The MH-60S helicopter crew made a one-wheel landing on the side of Mount St. Helens, Washington, to insert two SAR team members.
By Diana Stancy