Insider spent three days with a class of students in week six of their nine-week training. Brian David Hall: Drill instructors are the front-facing element of the Marine Corps to those new ...

Before they become United States Marines, all recruits have to graduate from the Marine Corps' 13-week basic training program, which tests them physically and psychologically. Drill instructor ...

The Marine Corps quietly directed its recruit depots to integrate male and female drill instructor teams at the platoon level in late 2023, and now the service is full steam ahead with the effort ...