At Camp Pendleton in the late ’70s and ’80s, Dodge tractors did some of the pulling, and the ride was, by all accounts, ...

Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Brothers turned 22 years old on the first day of basic training and he remembers the unique celebration that marked his ...

Students from the Lassiter–Pope–Kell Naval Junior ROTC made a visit to Parris Island, S.C., to the U.S. Marine Corps training center during a busy winter ...

Before she became a teacher at Brooksville Elementary School, Jacquelynn E. Muncy passed an even tougher test: She became a U.S. Marine.

The Ghana men’s national soccer team will call Smithfield home this summer when it competes in the FIFA World Cup 2026. State officials announced Thursday the Ghanaian Black Stars will use Bryant ...

Former Marine drill instructor Joseph Felix, previously imprisoned for Parris Island hazing, was arrested in South Carolina on a cruelty to children charge after his early release from military prison ...

Authorities have not said what prompted Robert Dorgan to shoot and kill members of their own family during their son’s hockey game at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena on Monday night.

Military recruits traveling to basic training no longer need a REAL ID nor will they have to pay an airport fee under a new partnership between the Defense Department and the Transportation Security ...

Basic training, which often involves getting yelled at and having your head shaved, is typically not a fun experience for military recruits. But now getting there is less of a hassle. The Defense ...

The Air Force is once again revising basic training, this time by adding simulated permanent and expeditionary airstrips to give trainees hands-on experience at operating and defending airfields. The ...

U.S. Marine recruits push through a combat endurance course at Parris Island, South Carolina. The course is part of Recruit Training, Basic Warrior Training, which teaches recruits basic field-related ...