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 ...
As a child in Baghdad, he watched US Marines on patrol. Now he’ll make Marines as a drill instructor
The Marine Corps recruiters in Abdullah Alshimmari’s neighborhood in Iraq wore desert camouflage, ballistic glasses, flak jackets, and carried heavy weapons. As an 11-year-old kid growing up in ...
Before they train US Marine recruits, drill instructors must graduate from Drill Instructor School. Insider spent three days at Drill Instructor School in Parris Island, SC. The training lasts 11 ...
Staff Sgt. Savannah Pizano, a senior drill instructor with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, participates in a battalion commander inspection at MCRD San Diego, Oct. 23, 2024. (Cpl. Sarah ...
The Marine Corps quietly directed its recruit depots to integrate male and female drill instructor teams at the platoon level in late 2023, and now the service is full steam ahead with the effort, ...
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