This “boot camp” is designed to give school-age children a glimpse of life as an enlisted Marine while simultaneously emphasizing the importance of community. In another sense, the event also helped ...

Marine Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter remembers the exact moment he knew his life had to change. In 1985, Carter was working at McDonald’s when a customer said she had accidentally thrown out her car keys. So, ...

In 1998, The Jenny Jones Show aired a segment called “Boot Camp My Preteen,” featuring a former Marine sergeant who used ...

A reader takes issue with her parents’ prominent display of a photo of her brother fresh out of Marine boot camp, considering that he later deserted his post. By Philip Galanes My brother was briefly ...