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In quiet shift, Marines allow mixed-gender DI teams to train recruits

A typical integrated team will have three DIs of one gender and a fourth of the opposite gender, with most featuring three male instructors and one female.

By Hope Hodge Seck

5 weeks ago

Marine combat instructors can avoid recruiting or drill instructor duty

The Marine Corps has made the combat instructor job a special duty assignment once more.

By Irene Loewenson

10 months ago

New in 2024: Marine Corps to even out gender balance at boot camps

San Diego is on track to have a gender distribution equal to Parris Island, South Carolina, by fall.

By Irene Loewenson

14 months ago

Marine drill instructor accused of peeping on recruit in porta-potty

Female recruits claimed the drill instructor asked them if their “hot moms or sisters” were coming to graduation and made some recruits do his laundry.

By Irene Loewenson

18 months ago

Air Force instructor pilot tackles ‘toughest footrace on Earth’

Kabanuck crossed the final finish line in 43 hours, 18 minutes and 22 seconds, placing 183rd of 765 runners.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

Marines to deactivate historically female recruit training battalion

Until 2019, the 4th Recruit Training Battalion was the sole training unit for female Marine recruits.

By Irene Loewenson

22 months ago