July 2 -- When Amanda Dove and her fellow recruits climbed down from the truck at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri last fall, they knew they were about to start the notorious ordeal of Army boot camp ...

A spokesman for Parris Island, Capt. Gregory Carroll, told Military.com that nine women with infantry contracts are currently in boot camp training at the base. "These are the first women to ...

They also have argued that it gives the female Marines the support they need during their early weeks of boot camp. Women make up 8.4% of the Marine Corps, and that is the smallest percentage of ...

The graduation of dozens of women from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Thursday -- as part of Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, the camp's first ever coed company -- marks a ...

The first integrated company of male and female recruits will graduate from Marine Corps boot camp on Friday. The service will now assess the company's training results to determine whether the ...

Foreign Policy Intelligence Justice Military Military How Marine Corps boot camp became the new battlefield for gender integration in the military January 8, 2016 More than 9 years ago Summary ...

CAMP PENDLETON — The first women in Marine Corps history to attend boot camp in San Diego faced one final challenge in their training: the daunting final hill of the feared “Reaper” hike. At ...

April 23 (UPI) --An all-female platoon of U.S. Marine recruits completed training this week, making them the first women to graduate from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. While official ...