NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." Lance Cpl. Jasmine Abrego is ...
For 70 years, women arriving at Marine Corps boot camp have learned to fire rifles, slide down ropes, and sprint through obstacle courses while separated from male counterparts. But now, for the first ...
The Marines' infantry program requires candidates to spend long days and nights in primitive conditions and to complete a grueling 20 kilometer hike with 85 pounds of gear. For the first time today, ...
The Pentagon is mounting a six-month review of women in ground combat jobs, to ensure what it calls the military "effectiveness" of having several thousand female soldiers and Marines in infantry, ...
PARRIS ISLAND, SC - FEBRUARY 27: Drill Instructor SSgt. Linda Vansickle from Pensacola, Florida speaks to her female Marine recruits during boot camp February 27, 2013 at MCRD Parris Island, South ...
“It is very majestic,” retired Marine Col. Thomas Connally said of the Marine Corps boat cloak, a garment so uncommon that its appearance at a formal ball can still stop conversations. The reaction ...
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