In a historic first for the U.S. Marine Corps, women will be able to train alongside men during boot camp. On Friday a platoon of about 50 female marines began training side-by-side with the men ...

For the first time ever, the Marine Corps is about to send dozens of women to its all-male West Coast boot camp as the service prepares to meet a congressional mandate to make its entry-level ...

For the first time, women have graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps ' boot camp in San Diego. The graduation of dozens of women from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Thursday -- as part of ...

Despite making efforts to integrate male and female recruits at boot camp, the Marine Corps is still a long way off from being able to have been and women training in the same platoons, Corps ...

The third edition of the Women’s Boot Camp held at Maju Camp on Feb 11 and 12 saw 31 women getting a taste of national service and military training. How did they fare?

Female soldiers can’t serve in combat, but support roles put women in combat areas, Sgt. Jayson Bayard said in July when Cabanayan signed up for service. A grim toll dominated the news on Wednesday.

An advocate for military women wasn't impressed, saying the Marines are decades behind other armed services in training men and women together.

To date, 31 female Marines have signed enlistment contracts for previously closed combat arms military occupational specialties.

It takes 13 weeks to complete boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, where young recruits become hardened US Marines. The three-month course is considered one of the most difficult in ...

Marine leaders have come under persistent criticism from members of Congress because the Corps is the only military service to separate men and women for portions of their boot camp.