By CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: October 20, 2020 WASHINGTON The University of Pittsburgh is conducting a study to determine the best way for the Marine Corps to approach gender integration at its two boot camps, the service announced Tuesday. The study comes as the Marine Corps faces a looming deadline set in the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that mandates the service end gender-segregated training within five years at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., and integrate training within eight years at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif. The Marine Corps wants “an independent, scientifically credible study of the models of entry-level military training to identify potential alternatives to increase gender integration of entry-level training,” Bradley Nindl, a co-principal investigator and senior adviser for the study, said in a statement issued Tuesday.
By JAMES BOLINGER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 13, 2020 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan Joe Gregory was with the Marines on the road to Baghdad and has swaggered beneath a drill instructor’s cover on a San Diego parade deck, but he faced his final trial in Japan. Gregory, a 30-year Marine, hung up his eagle, globe and anchor Dec. 8, retiring from active life as the sergeant major at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, though he’s still on the Corps’ roster until March. At MCAS Iwakuni, he and base commander Col. Lance Lewis navigated nine months of the coronavirus, doing what they could to maintain the health and safety of more than 15,000 Marines, Defense Department civilians, contractors, Japanese employees and their families as the pandemic flared outside the gates.
Female Recruits to Train at Marines All-Male San Diego Boot Camp in Historic First
Drill instructors with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion set the tone for their new recruits during forming day one at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. May 22, 2020. The Marine Corps is preparing to send the first-ever platoon of female Marine recruits to its boot camp in San Diego. (Dana Beesley/Marine Corps)
14 Dec 2020
For the first time ever, the Marine Corps is about to send dozens of women to its all-male West Coast boot camp as the service prepares to meet a congressional mandate to make its entry-level training coed.