This “boot camp” is designed to give school-age children a glimpse of life as an enlisted Marine while simultaneously emphasizing the importance of community. In another sense, the event also helped ...

For newly minted Marine Pfc. Britney Moyeda, getting through boot camp was no sweat in comparison with what she had endured just to get there in the first place. The 18-year-old was diagnosed with ...

Recruit Justin Kelley sets security during the Crucible on MCRD Parris Island, Dec. 5, 2024. (Staff Sgt Brendan Custer/Marine Corps) When Justin Kelley left the Air Force in 2015, he was an E-5 – a ...

Marine Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter remembers the exact moment he knew his life had to change. In 1985, Carter was working at McDonald’s when a customer said she had accidentally thrown out her car keys. So, ...

The United States military offers an expedited path to US citizenship for lawful residents who commit to service. In 2024, while filming the US Marine Corps boot camp in Camp Pendleton, California, ...

We got an inside look at the United States Marine Corps' intense 13-week basic training program. Chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent five days at the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The day after his high ...

The graduation ceremony Friday morning took place on the same parade ground, but with much more pomp and circumstance. The Marine Corps band played and the base chaplain opened with a prayer. Each ...