Fort McCoy completed another busy year supporting troop training with 109,962 troops training at the installation in fiscal year (FY) 2025.

The Marine Corps provided advanced notification on December 18th 2025 of changes to physical fitness standards. The new ...

PARRIS ISLAND — A 26-year-old sergeant was found dead Dec. 18 on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. An investigation ...

Combat roles in the Marines have had gender-neutral requirements since 2015. A new policy extends that rule to fitness test scores.

Gunnery Sgt. Jensen Runion, recently selected as Drill Instructor of the Year, has perfected the art of the scream.

New U.S. Marine Corps recruits meet their drill instructors, who give an introductory speech, and will be responsible for ...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christian Wright, a drill instructor with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, recites the senior drill instructor speech during pick up on Marine Corps Recruit Depot ...

WE ARE THE CRUSADERS SENIOR DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS FROM BOSTON. WE ARE GOING TO BE MARCHING IN AMERICA’S HOMETOWN. THANKSGIVING PARADE IN PLYMOUTH. THE CRUSADERS, ALWAYS THE FAVORITE AT AMERICA’S ...

Meet Gibson City-raised, UI-educated MANDI ALT, who spent 20 years as a senior manager at Martin Hood before returning to her alma mater to teach tax classes in 2018. Since returning, the senior ...

A number of local veterans and their families gathered on the blustery, cold morning of Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, at the Disabled American Veterans – VETCOM (Veterans’ Committee) building on Carrigan ...

Tommie Gale Swyres, 85, of Festus died Nov. 11, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City. Mr. Swyres was a member of Local 185 Carpenters’ Union for nearly 65 years. As a U.S. Marine Corps ...