Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pfc. Vallen Grayson lost more than 100 pounds over two years to meet the Marine Corps’ enlistment standards. (Sgt. Jose Cruz/U.S.

Marine Corps officers with The Basic School participate in their graduation ceremony at Little Hall, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Oct. 13, 2023. (Lance Cpl. Jeffery Stevens/Marine Corps) ...

The U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Course, better known as the Basic Recon Course, is where young Marines earn their place in the Marine Corps’ recon units. The course puts candidates through ...

Park Se-hyeon, the eldest grandson of former President Park Chung Hee (1917-1979), completed basic training as a Marine on Dec. 4. A graduation ceremony for the 1,323rd class of recruits took place at ...

CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa — About 40 Marines took turns Wednesday descending a 45-foot cliff — a hasty rappelling obstacle — part of a weeklong course designed to teach them and other service members ...

An curved arrow pointing right. We got an inside look at how new United States Marine Corps officers are trained at The Basic School, a seven-month program that challenges newly commissioned second ...

We got an inside look at the United States Marine Corps' intense 13-week basic training program. Chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent five days at the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in ...

Marines will have to tread water for longer and learn more swimming strokes under new, tougher rules for the service’s water survival program. All Marines must already pass a basic water survival test ...

Three new U.S. Marines share a unique brotherhood. Connor, Matthew, and Griffin Wehr are triplets who went through basic training together on Parris Island in South Carolina. "It’s the brotherhood. It ...

Pfc. Vallen Grayson lost more than 100 pounds over two years to meet the Marine Corps’ enlistment standards. (Sgt. Jose Cruz/U.S. Marine Corps) A recent Marine Corps basic training graduate who once ...

A recent Marine Corps basic training graduate who once weighed 290 pounds lost more than 100 pounds over two years to meet Marine enlistment standards. Now, in a family filled with military service in ...