The yelling, the sweat, the thousand-yard stares — these movies either nailed the chaos or missed it. Every service member has a boot camp story — the sand, the blisters, the broken sleep, the recruit ...

Three Class of 2025 graduates from Desert Hot Springs High School — who trained side by side in the same platoon during Marine Corps boot camp — returned to campus this week to be recognized and speak ...

A recruit going through boot camp suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during marksmanship instruction at the South Carolina base. By Matt White Published Aug 14, 2025 3:34 PM EDT A Marine recruit in ...

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Based on former U.S. Marine Greg Cope White’s memoir “The Pink Marine,” executive produced by the late Norman Lear and adapted for television by Andy Parker, Netflix’s military dramedy, “Boots,” is an ...