In July, when a recruiter came to pick up their son bound for boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, Maureen Guarino remembers her husband telling her, “‘I don’t know how you keep ...

The Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted the wishes of more than a half-million children with a critical illness worldwide since 1980. Typical requests are visiting a favorite theme park or exotic beach ...

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — Under a scorching sky at Marine Base Parris Island, two young recruits grapple awkwardly in hand-to-hand combat inside an Octagon training structure. Circling ...

Final Drill at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island (Boot Camp), is the last evaluation of the recruits' execution of close order drill. Final Drill tests drill instructors on their ability to ...

U.S. Marine Corps Recruits with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, withstand CS gas (tear gas) training at Marine Corps Recruit ...

The first time now-Pfc. Francis “Frankie” Flannery picked up a firearm was in Marine boot camp. Initially, as he and other recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, ...

For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps will train men and women in the same barracks during boot camp, according to reports. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island — the only ...

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, ...

On the Day Movement Course, drill instructors explain how Trent Williams, 12, should move though the cylinder checking for wires that may be attached to a concealed explosive device on Thursday, Dec.