The Sun News

For first time, Marines will gender-integrate training platoons at Parris Island, reports say

For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps will train men and women in the same barracks during boot camp, according to reports. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island — the only ...
CovNews

Oxford resident graduates from Parris Island, becomes third generation Marine

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — H. Cole Thacker, of Oxford, graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island boot camp on Friday, July 22, officially becoming a third generation Marine. Thacker is the ...
The State

SC’s Graham says closing Parris Island ‘ain’t gonna happen,’ but who has the authority?

If U.S. military leaders ultimately choose to close the Marines’ boot camp at Parris Island, they could seek to do so without needing Congressional approval. The Marine Corps’ top general generated ...
Charlotte Observer

‘I remember your dad’: Parris Island boot camp a surreal homecoming for new Marine

Jalen Rooks knew something was up when one of his drill instructors summoned him to the small office inside his barracks at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and started asking him questions.

Marine Corps’ top drill instructor explains the correct way to yell at recruits

Gunnery Sgt. Jensen Runion, recently selected as Drill Instructor of the Year, has perfected the art of the scream.
The Sun News

‘I remember your dad’: Parris Island boot camp a surreal homecoming for new Marine

Pfc. Jalen Rooks, a Marine with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, graduated boot camp Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Warrant Officer Bobby ...