First male Marine Corps recruits graduate from previously all-female boot camp battalion 2 hours ago Marines with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, graduate recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina, Mar. 26, 2021. (Lance Cpl. Samuel C. Fletcher/Marine Corps) The previously all-female 4th Recruit Training Battalion has graduated four of its first-ever male platoons alongside two female platoons and included the first male drill instructors assigned within the battalion. On March 26, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, completed training and graduated with the coed mix at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, according to a Marine Corps statement.
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In First, Male Marines Graduate From Historically All-Female Boot Camp Training Battalion U.S. Marines with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, graduate recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island S.C., Mar. 26 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Samuel C. Fletcher) 14 Apr 2021 Four male platoons graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina as part of a battalion that until now has trained only women. Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, completed boot camp with four male and two female platoons, the Marine Corps announced Wednesday. Coed companies have been training at Parris Island since 2019, but this was the first time men have been assigned to 4th Recruit Training Battalion.
Support for making women register in the draft, but none for mandatory military service, commission says March 11 Airmen assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard stand in formation during a change of command ceremony at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Mo., on March 6, 2021. (Tech. Sgt. Patrick Evenson/Air National Guard) Officials from the National Commission on Public Service offered a host of ideas to increase young Americans’ interest in serving in the military in testimony before Congress on Thursday, including better marketing, more incentives, and increased career flexibility. One idea that didn’t get much support, however, was making every American serve.
New in 2021: Marine Corps looks to revamp junior promotion December 31, 2020 Cpl. Donovan Massieperez with Headquarters Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, is promoted to corporal during an NCO promotion ceremony on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, April 1. (Lance Cpl. Jamal Norris/Marine Corps) In February junior Marines looking for promotion to corporal or sergeant will see a new, more robust promotion system, designed to reduce the importance of any one event and give commands greater input on noncommissioned officer promotion. The new junior enlisted performance evaluation system, or JEPES, will replace the old pros/cons method and will be made up of three objective scores ― called war fighting, physical toughness and mental agility ― combined with a more subjective score provided by a Marine’s command, called command input.