Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos A. Ruiz paid a special visit to 8th Communication Battalion’s Corporals Course ...

As part of the year-long 250th birthday celebration for the U.S. Marine Corps, numerous events are taking place around ...

It builds esprit de corps: a common spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion. A lot of training goes into executing drill and ceremony. It bonds us together as on, so no matter who is ...

Shepherd, 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps, in 1952 by highlighting the cake cutting ceremony, which later entered the Marine Drill Manual in 1956. “The cake cutting ceremony symbolizes ...

which includes drill instructors, recruiters, combat instructors and Marine security guards. The four were recognized at a ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps just outside ...

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.

The Marine Corps punished at least eight drill instructors and some officers in response to allegations of hazing and other abuses last year at the service’s recruit training center at Parris ...

The Marine Corps quietly directed its recruit depots to integrate male and female drill instructor teams at the platoon level in late 2023, and now the service is full steam ahead with the effort ...

march in formation during a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 16, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jacob Hutchinson/Marine Corps) A Marine drill instructor could face charges ...

Recruits are graded by drillmasters, experts on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual, on their discipline and appearance. Hernandez is from New Orleans. Charlie Company is scheduled to ...