Gunnery Sgt. Jensen Runion, shown here as a staff sergeant, was recently selected as Drill Instructor of the Year for 2025. Marine recruits’ first experiences at boot camp typically involve getting ...

Former Marine drill instructor Joseph Felix, previously imprisoned for Parris Island hazing, was arrested in South Carolina on a cruelty to children charge after his early release from military prison ...

While Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and San Diego operate under the same training curriculum, the same Crucible, the same physical standards, and the same core values, the environments in ...

Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix was found guilty on Thursday by an eight-member Marine jury on a charge that he mistreated recruit Raheel Siddiqui, who committed suicide during Marine Corps Recruit Training ...

A service member with Marine Forces Reserve participates in Integrated Training Exercise 4-24, the Marine Reserve's largest and most important annual training event, in Twentynine Palms, California.

If you’re in the Boston area this week and weekend and notice some low-flying helicopters, there’s no cause for alarm; there’s just a birthday bash to celebrate. The Marine Corps will celebrate its ...

Even if you’ve never spent a day of your life in the U.S. Marine Corps, you can probably pull up a mental image of one of the Marines’ drill instructors up at a moment’s notice. Some of that has to do ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Marine Corps is investigating allegations of hazing, assault and physical abuse involving 15 drill instructors at its Parris Island training installation in South Carolina. The ...

RALEIGH — A Marine Corps jury on Friday is deciding whether a drill instructor should be sentenced to military prison time for choking, punching and otherwise tormenting recruits, especially Muslims, ...

Joseph was born in Amite Louisiana. Following his graduation from Amite High School in 1977 he enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of the same year. He attended Recruit Basic Training at MCRD San ...