This Change to Boot Camp Training Could Cut Recruit Injury Rates
This Change to Boot Camp Training Could Cut Recruit Injury Rates Recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct a 5K Hike Aug. 25, 2018 on Parris Island, S.C. (Dana Beesle/U.S. Marine Corps) 3 May 2021 MCRD SAN DIEGO -- When the first-ever platoon of female Marine recruits landed here at the Corps' West Coast recruit depot earlier this year, their training was just as difficult as that of their male counterparts -- but differed in one small, important way. Lima Company, the platoon's parent unit, was one of two recruit companies selected to participate in a study assessin...