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 ...

Readstown’s Brendon Mabb had listened to his cousin tell him stories of how difficult U.S. Marine basic training had been. “I had it built up in my head,” Pvt. Mabb said, Monday, in Vernon County on ...

Benton grad completes Marine basic training Marine Corps Pvt. Anthony L. Parker, a 2003 graduate of Thomas W. Kelly High School in Benton, Mo., recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine ...