Teena Barna, a former United States Marine Corps drill instructor, has been named the April recipient of the "Salute Our Troops" award. Standing at just 4 feet, 11 and a half inches tall, Barna's ...

Marines going through Drill Instructor school open up about why they chose the path, and what the program is like. Sightline (Video) Posted: January 17, 2025 | Last updated: January 23, 2025 ...

The Marine Corps has made the combat instructor job a special duty assignment once more, effectively allowing those instructors to sidestep the sometimes-dreaded recruiter or drill instructor jobs ...

Eight Marines received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for their exceptional performance in their respective special duty assignments, ir B-billets, as recruiters, drill instructors ...

FORT LAUDERDALE – George J. Johnson proudly served as a U.S. Marine Corps military policeman during World War II in the early to mid 1940s. Like many veterans from that time, however, the 101 ...

An academic report is recommending the U.S. Marine Corps get rid of "gender-specific salutations" for drill instructors. The report, commissioned in 2020 by the Corps from the University of ...

Retired Sgt. Maj. Johnny B. Young renders a salute during a gala at Camp Lejeune in honor of the 80th anniversary of Black Marines who ... one of the first African American Marine drill instructors.

Pfc. Dalton Beals, 19, died of hyperthermia, or abnormally high body temperature, during the intensive training exercise at Parris Island, S.C., according to an investigative report by the Marines.

Before they train Marine Corps recruits at boot camp, drill instructors must graduate from Drill Instructor School. Insider spent three days at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island ...

In 2017, the service added a new "fourth phase" to the end of boot camp, giving recruits two weeks after formally becoming Marines to be mentored on a peer level by their drill instructors and ...

Fisher is an instructor of the Marine Corps Junior ROTC program at South Iredell High School in Troutman, N.C., a position that he has held for nearly 15 years, according to his LinkedIn profile. In ...