Learn how training for female Marines has evolved, including combat roles, fitness standards, and the significance of graduation ceremonies in today's Marine Corps.

A Hubert veteran has been honored for preserving Women Marines’ History. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Lisa C. Potts, USMC (Ret) ...

Marine Corps First Lt. Max Goldberg, left, and Maj. Michael Farnan were both awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on MCB Quantico, April 10, 2025. (Lance Cpl. Harleigh Faulk/Marine Corps) ...

Nov 11, 2024 Nov 11, 2024 Updated Dec 14, 2025 Elsie Jo Hartmann was known as a tomboy growing up in Dansville. She loved the outdoors and being adventurous, says her granddaughter Stephanie Dempsey. ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Marine sergeant was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal — the service’s highest non-combat award — in August for pulling an ...

The Marine Corps has the fewest number of female service members. U.S. Marines listen to Colonel Lorna Mahlock on a visit to the Northern Mariana Islands, Sept. 14, 2016. Makenzie Fallon/U.S. Marine ...

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Ashley Chambless never planned to become a Marine. She was a high school senior in Polk County when her best friend dared her to talk to a recruiter. One week later, she enlisted. On Oct. 15, 2001, ...

Opha May Johnson became the first woman to join the U.S. Marine Corps. This came after the Corps planned to enlist 300 female Marines, and Johnson was the first in line. Johnson mainly did clerical ...