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New in 2024: Marine Corps to even out gender balance at boot camps
San Diego is on track to have a gender distribution equal to Parris Island, South Carolina, by fall.
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.
Here are some badass stories to help ring in the Marine Corps’ birthday
Celebrate the Corps’ 248th birthday with a roundup of some of the great things Marines have done since turning 247.
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