Members of a platoon of female U.S. Marine Corps recruits gear up before training in hand-to-hand combat at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C., in 2023. (Stephen B. Morton/AP) ...

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is deactivating its 4th Recruit Training Battalion — the battalion where all of the country’s female Marine recruits trained for 74 years. The Marines called ...

Lisa Taylor suffered through boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island 35 years ago. She did so in the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion, which for decades only trained women. On Thursday, ...

This story explains how Parris Island could fully gender-integrate its base. To understand what the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act means for the base, read our coverage here, published in ...

There will be fewer female E-4 to E-6s available and eligible to meet drill instructor requirements in coming years. (Pfc. Marvin Chavez/Marine Corps) As the Marine Corps hurtles toward ...

The Marine Corps is the military service that still operates gender-separated training at the platoon level. (Sgt. Daniel Wetzel/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps has received the findings of a detailed ...

An academic report is recommending the U.S. Marine Corps get rid of "gender-specific salutations" for drill instructors. The report, commissioned in 2020 by the Corps from the University of Pittsburgh ...

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – The first female Marine Corps general in charge of its tough-as-nails basic training site on Parris Island says she’s confident women in the Corps will be able to handle ...

BEAUFORT, S.C. — They arrive late Tuesday, just before midnight. They come from all over the eastern United States. Some are exhausted after spending a long day of mental and physical tests and ...