Several members of the Marine Corps' famous Silent Drill Platoon were kicked out of the service or punished by their command after someone reported witnessing them using a training rifle to strike ...

The Marine Corps is investigating claims of hazing involving members of the Silent Drill Platoon, Corps officials announced on Tuesday. On Nov. 2, five Marines were placed in pretrial confinement ...

One of the high points of the performance is the rifle-inspection sequence, when a drill master goes down the ranks of Marines ... According to the Corps, the platoon members come from Corps ...

A storied unit whose spit-and-polish routines include swinging around bayonet-tipped rifles, the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Team will perform at Savannah State University on Thursday ...

The parades start with a performance by the Marine Band or the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps; then comes the 24-man Silent Drill Platoon sporting an equal number of ten-pound M1 rifles with fixed bayonets ...

For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon will be led by a female commander. The Marine Corps announced Tuesday that Capt. Kelsey A. Hastings, an artillery officer ...

Among those performing that weekend was the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, a team of Marines that executes incredibly precise routines full of spins and tosses of their hand-polished M1 Garand ...

Lebanon High School hosted the United States Marine Corps’ Silent Drill Platoon in a special performance as part of the USMC’s 250th anniversary. The platoon, known for choreographed marching and ...

When Capt. Kelsey Hastings takes command of the Marine Corps’ revered Silent Drill Platoon later this month, she will become the unit’s first female leader — and its first-ever female member.

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Seattle Marine Corps' Silent Drill Platoon, led by the returning first female Silent Drill Platoon Commander, Captain Kelsey Hastings, is performing at Whitworth College as ...