Parris Island’s military history stretches back more than 100 years. In earlier eras of the 1900’s typical uses, in line with very lenient environmental regulations, sometimed led to contamination ...

Forty years after completing boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter will address graduating Marines there on Sept. 4, 2025. Marine Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter remembers the exact ...

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — A Marine recruit sustained a gunshot wound the to the leg during marksmanship training on Parris Island Wednesday, according to officials. Capt. John Hardin, director of ...

PARRIS ISLAND, SC (WTOC) - A recruit was injured today during a marksmanship training exercise at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island, according to a press release from Capt. John Hardin.

The mighty Broad River, a wide finger of the Atlantic Ocean, carries the sea’s energy into Port Royal Sound and the South Carolina Lowcountry. Increasingly, that force, which includes powerful waves ...

USMC Staff Sergeant Marshall H. Tucker is this week’s veteran of the week. He trained at Parris Island, SC and was attached to the VMF 351 Air Wing from 1970-1976.Do you know a veteran we can feature?

Clarification: This article has been updated to include a clarifying statement from the Marine Corps regarding the use of mixed-gender drill instructor teams. The Marine Corps has hit its goal of ...

Among Marines, there’s an internal battle over who had it worse at boot camp: recruits at Parris Island or recruits at San Diego. Stepping out onto yellow footprints, living meal to meal, and being ...

The top leaders of the Marine Corps’ storied recruit training on Parris Island, South Carolina were fired in early July. The two senior Marines, Col. Bradley Ward and Sgt. Maj. Fabian Casillas, were ...

ATLANTA — The Marine Corps has removed the top leaders of its regiment that trains recruits at Parris Island, according to officials at the South Carolina base. Col. Bradley Ward, who had commanded ...

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is deactivating its 4th Recruit Training Battalion — the battalion where all of the country’s female Marine recruits trained for 74 years. The Marines called ...