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Latest "Marine Corps Boot Camp" stories
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Some new Marines aren’t getting uniform items due to the supply chain
The Marine Corps has pushed back the mandatory wear date for the new female dress blue coat and is coming up short on a handful of other items.
Marine boot camp study calls for mixed-gender drill instructor teams
The model recommended would keep same-gender drill instructor teams with male and female platoons only for hygiene, sleeping and overnight duty.
Marine drill instructors’ crude sexual remarks prompt boot camp visits
Examples of demeaning language included recruits being instructed to “reach up the skirt” and “smack that whore” in rifle drills.
By Hope Hodge Seck
The Marines need more female drill instructors to make gender-integration work
The issue will be particularly bad between 2024 and 2026, due to a significant drop in recruiting numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Philip Athey
Corps identifies deceased Parris Island Marine recruit
The company Anthony Munoz was with had just started day one of recruit training.
By Philip Athey