Gunnery Sgt. Jensen Runion, shown here as a staff sergeant, was recently selected as Drill Instructor of the Year for 2025. Marine recruits’ first experiences at boot camp typically involve getting ...

Well, it finally happened — someone in the Pentagon has a spine. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just took a flamethrower to the kind of feel-good, clipboard-carrying, HR-driven nonsense that’s been ...

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, ...

Marine Corps staff sergeants and gunnery sergeants will begin attending the same leadership school for promotion to the next rank under a pilot program that will merge their respective schools. The ...

While Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and San Diego operate under the same training curriculum, the same Crucible, ...

What’s it really like to be a Drill Sergeant? In the US Army, drill sergeants are noncommissioned officers responsible for coaching and mentoring new recruits, turning them from civilians into ...