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.
By Karen Jowers
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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.
By Hope Hodge Seck
The best and worst Parris Island Marine boot camp haircuts of all time
The Marine recruit training haircut is a rite of passage.
By Sarah Sicard
North Carolina Marine base remembers Beirut attack 39 years later
For many residents of Camp Lejeune and Jacksonville, North Carolina, the bombing that took place in Beirut on Oct. 23, 1983, touched them personally.
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
Marine recruit collapses during training, dies
An 18-year-old Marine recruit died last month after collapsing during training at Southern California’s Camp Pendleton, military officials said.
4 years after Hurricane Florence ravaged Lejeune, rebuilding continues
Several new buildings are scheduled to be completed as early as next spring.
Marine amphibious combat vehicles to return to ocean after safety halt
The Corps paused all waterborne ACV operations in July following a high surf incident at Camp Pendleton, California.
National Defense Service Medal won’t be awarded after December
The National Defense Service Medal is going into retirement on Dec. 31.
Judge declined to halt ban on religious articles in Marine boot camp
The Marine Corps, unlike other services, does not allow religious articles of faith in recruit training, such as a Sikh beard or turban.
By Todd South