While Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and San Diego operate under the same training curriculum, the same Crucible, the same physical standards, and the same core values, the environments in ...

Gunnery Sgt. Jensen Runion, shown here as a staff sergeant, was recently selected as Drill Instructor of the Year for 2025. Marine recruits’ first experiences at boot camp typically involve getting ...

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, San Diego (KGTV) -- We drive by the boot camp where United States Marines are made often, but unless you’ve served, you probably don’t know what happens behind the walls. A ...

Four Marines were named the top performers across the service’s special duty ranks, which includes drill instructors, recruiters, combat instructors and Marine security guards. The four were ...

Even if you’ve never spent a day of your life in the U.S. Marine Corps, you can probably pull up a mental image of one of the Marines’ drill instructors up at a moment’s notice. Some of that has to do ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Marine Corps is investigating allegations of hazing, assault and physical abuse involving 15 drill instructors at its Parris Island training installation in South Carolina. The ...

Everyone knows Marine training is tough, but new investigative documents reveal that, at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina, the tough training has crossed over into abuse.

Marine recruits’ first experiences at boot camp typically involve getting yelled at. A lot. Although they may not appreciate it at the time, there is a proper technique to yelling and screaming at ...