A heartwarming moment played out in the hallways of Hillside High School in Durham this week, a surprise graduation ceremony for two students just days away from entering the Marine Corps.

Four decades after completing boot camp, Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter is returning to Parris Island to speak to graduating Marines.

A recruit in Marine Corps boot camp training suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during marksmanship instruction at the South Carolina base.

A former Army captain, Pfc. Nicolas Brooklier said he was especially drawn to the Crucible, the grueling capstone event of Marine boot camp.

Major Philip Kulczewski, a Marine spokesman, said the graduation ceremony will mark one of the few occasions in the history of the 105-year-old Parris Island — maybe the first time — that ...

Unbeknownst to her boyfriend, she’d made the trip to Parris Island to surprise him at his Nov. 30 boot-camp graduation. Jamil Brown had been promoted to private first-class by the time he ...