Female Marines have already begun proving their combat ability with eighty-five women making it through the infantry training course last fall. But doubts still remain about their ability to meet the ...
Marine 1st Lt. Marina Hierl made national headlines in 2017 when she became the first woman to graduate the Marine Corps' Infantry Officer Course in Quantico, Virginia, earning the 0302 Infantry ...
ABOARD JS OSUMI (Reuters) - Hikari Maruyama, Runa Kurosawa and Sawaka Nakano are part of an elite force: Japan's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), meant to lead assaults from the sea in a ...
1 of 5 — Amphibious assault vehicles, or AAVs, are lined up on the beach as they're prepared to be sent into the ocean for a training exercise. 2 of 5 — At left, Cpl. Kathryn Bynum prepares to roll ...
An April 28 front-page article portrayed women Marine recruits as entering "the path most likely to lead to combat," and reported that women "are now trained nearly the same as men." Women, even in ...
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, ...
For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps will train men and women in the same barracks during boot camp, according to reports. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island — the only ...
In this inspiring video of Marine Corps training from 2016, Sgt. Michelle Vazquez and enlistee Evalena Urena share the challenges and rewards of pushing limits. From the intensity of drill instructor ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of female Marines in boot camp can’t do three pullups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine Corps to delay the ...
ABOARD JS OSUMI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Hikari Maruyama, Runa Kurosawa and Sawaka Nakano are part of an elite force: Japan's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), meant to lead assaults from the sea ...