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The Island Packet9y
Parris Island battalion leader removed from command after investigation into abusive behavior
Kate Germano, left, the 4th Recruit Training Battalion commander, gives a tour of the 4th Battalion barracks complex ... 2014, on Parris Island. "There aren't many jobs women Marines are hand ...
The Island Packet14y
Parris Island unveils new barracks, mess hall
More than 2,000 recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island soon will ... across the street from the barracks. The barracks will house the 3rd Recruit Battalion, whose drill instructors ...
The State9y
Firing of female Parris Island commander stirs debate on military gender integration
Kate Germano, left, the 4th Recruit Training Battalion commander, gives a tour of the 4th Battalion barracks complex ... 2014, on Parris Island. "There aren't many jobs women Marines are hand ...
NPR1y
The U.S. Marine Corps has decommissioned its all-female Fourth Battalion
WALSH: After lightning was spotted, a platoon of women recruits train inside their barracks ... over as the last commander of 4th Battalion at Parris Island. The Marines have targeted having ...
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End of an Era: Marine Corps Says Goodbye to Historic Women’s Training Battalion
The deactivation of the 4th Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island in 2023 marked the end of an era for female Marine training. Reflecting on its legacy, Marines honored the battalion’s ...
Military.com4y
In First, Male Marines Graduate From Historically All-Female Boot Camp Training Battalion
McDonnell said the 4th Recruit Training Battalion squad bay is smaller than some of the newer living facilities at Parris Island ... companies live in the same barracks, but have separate squad ...
ABC News6y
Marine Corps integrates male and female platoons during boot camp for the first time
The integration allowed Parris Island to not activate 4th Recruit Training Battalion staff for a single female platoon. Female recruits stand at attention in a barracks at Marine Corps Recruit ...
Post and Courier2y
Marines ending female unit at Parris Island as co-ed training becomes the norm
PARRIS ISLAND ... recruit battalion became dedicated to training females who longed to join the ranks of the few and the proud. Over time its name would change yet the 4th Recruit Training ...
Stars and Stripes2y
More female recruits will head to San Diego as Marines shutter historic Parris Island battalion
The Marine Corps is deactivating its formerly women-only recruit battalion at Parris Island and will train more ... integrated recruit companies. The 4th Recruit Training Battalion at the Marine ...
Washington Times1y
The Marines are moving gradually and sometimes reluctantly to integrate women and men in boot camp
ordered all combat jobs open to women - the Marine Corps formally deactivated the 4th Marine Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island. Since 1949, all female recruits have gone through boot ...
Yahoo News Canada2y
Marines deactivate historic Parris Island women’s battalion. ‘Moment to celebrate progress’
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is deactivating its 4th Recruit Training Battalion — the battalion where all of the country’s female Marine recruits trained for 74 years. The Marines called ...