On Day 1, scores of young men and women arrive at Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, to begin the process of becoming Marines.

Lance Cpl. Kylie Hathaway was close to becoming a Marine when she broke her leg at boot camp. Her road to recovery took her from San Diego to Parris Island.

MCRD is hosting its 21st annual Boot Camp challenge that allows the public to participate in a three-mile obstacle course that is endured by USMC recruits.

Pfc. Michael Dowling is one of the first Marines to go through “Phase 4” of boot camp, during which drill instructors spend the last two weeks of boot camp mentoring new Marines. Dowling and ...

The triumph of “Making Marines” is that it makes us care about the hopes and struggles of the recruits: the dyed blond from Detroit, the fresh-faced twins from Georgia, the 19-year-old who ...