It’s awful.” Gentry enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2006 and separated in the summer of 2014. training began as a recruit at Parris Island in February and he graduated in May.

A U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor marches a platoon of recruits pass a crowd gathering to view the Iwo Jima Monument at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 14, 2016.

PARRIS ISLAND — It was a unit synonymous with history. Almost 75 years ago when the Marine Corps began training women exclusively in South Carolina, a singular recruit battalion became dedicated ...

A staff sergeant who oversaw Marine training at South Carolina’s Parris Island has been cleared of criminal responsibility in the death of a 19-year-old recruit in 2021. A military jury on ...

Parris Island, located on the hurricane-prone, South Carolina coast is regarded as the Marine Corps installation most in peril from climate change. Now it's becoming a model for other bases in how ...

ATLANTA — The Marine Corps has removed the top leaders of its regiment that trains recruits at Parris Island, according to officials at the South Carolina base. Col. Bradley Ward, who had ...

Parris Island is one of the oldest posts in the Marine Corps and was designated for recruit training in 1915. South Carolina lawmakers introduced Similar legislation in 2020, 2021, and 2023.

According to his official Marine Corps biography, Masters has been in the service since 2005. Prior to arriving at Parris Island, he was the executive officer at the Marine Corps Tactics and ...

Dalton Beals, 19, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. (Lance Cpl. Cory D. Polom/U.S. Marine Corps) ...

(Tribune News Service) — It was another hot and humid day at U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Port Royal, S.C. on June 4, 2021. Recruits were gritting it out through combat ...

PARRIS ISLAND, Sc. (WTOC) - The closing of a chapter and a new beginning here at Parris Island, as the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion was officially deactivated Thursday. An emotional ceremony ...