NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." Lance Cpl. Jasmine Abrego is ...

For 70 years, women arriving at Marine Corps boot camp have learned to fire rifles, slide down ropes, and sprint through obstacle courses while separated from male counterparts. But now, for the first ...

“It is very majestic,” retired Marine Col. Thomas Connally said of the Marine Corps boat cloak, a garment so uncommon that its appearance at a formal ball can still stop conversations. The reaction ...

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, ...

A long-standing uniform distinction has narrowed, and with it a visible piece of Marine Corps history has become available to ...

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- For the first time in its 96-year history, a female general will lead the famed Marine Corps training installation at South Carolina's Parris Island. The Marine Corps says ...

Army 4-Star Lauds “Marines’ Aversion to BS” On Women in Infantry 2 minute read PARRIS ISLAND, SC - FEBRUARY 27: Female Marine recruits stand in formation following hand-to-hand combat training during ...

Penny Hardiman joined the Marines in 1982. “I was up for a new adventure,” she said. Friends and relatives doubted that Kelli Ten Hulzen could survive military basic training. So the new high school ...