Marine Pfc. Vallen Grayson spent two years exercising and eating well so he could slim down from 290 to about 201 pounds for boot camp.

Three Class of 2025 graduates from Desert Hot Springs High School — who trained side by side in the same platoon during Marine Corps boot camp — returned to campus this week to be recognized and speak ...

This “boot camp” is designed to give school-age children a glimpse of life as an enlisted Marine while simultaneously emphasizing the importance of community. In another sense, the event also helped ...

I cover what new marine recruits experience during bootcamp training.

Fred P. Frankville, USMC, veteran of the Korean War didn"t get his boot camp completion certificate until many years after the war was over. Hundreds of Marines, including Frankville, never went to ...

If you’ve ever wondered what separates Army recruits from Navy sailors, or why Marine drill instructors seem permanently powered by caffeine and righteous fury, you’re in luck. America’s armed forces ...

Boot camp, or military recruit training, is a rite of passage for all enlisted soldiers, guardsmen, sailors, Marines, airmen, and coasties. The main goals of boot camp are to prepare recruits for the ...