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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 assessing a progressive approach to hiking under a combat load, a key component of training. The two companies each swapped out one high-impact running event, such as a track-style workout, for a hike. The length of the hike and the weight of the load progressed stepwise: As the weight increased, the length would decrease temporarily to allow recruits bodies time to adapt. ....
First male Marine Corps recruits graduate from previously all-female boot camp battalion 2 hours ago Marines with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, graduate recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina, Mar. 26, 2021. (Lance Cpl. Samuel C. Fletcher/Marine Corps) The previously all-female 4th Recruit Training Battalion has graduated four of its first-ever male platoons alongside two female platoons and included the first male drill instructors assigned within the battalion. On March 26, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, completed training and graduated with the coed mix at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, according to a Marine Corps statement. ....