Delta Company drill instructors at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego earned Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals for an impressive training cycle. They guided 81 recruits to graduation, plus 13 ...

In 2021, the service announced it wanted to increase its female drill instructor population by a daunting 70 personnel, from 134–207 within the next five years, to support the integration ...

The first female drill instructor arrived at MCRD San Diego in 2003, Stephenson said. They've served as physical training, academic, martial arts and water-survival instructors, he added.

The Marine Corps is about to be short on female drill instructors and is willing to pay up to $14,700 to fill its ranks, according to an administrative message released Wednesday.

STARKE, Fla. – Five years after the National Guard was authorized drill instructor specialties the Florida Army National Guard added another first, by having the first female drill instructor in ...

The first female Drill Instructor (DI) School graduates stand in front of the DI Monument at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, Dec. 16, 2020.

The first female Drill Instructor (DI) School graduates stand in front of the DI Monument at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, Dec. 16, 2020.

The first female Drill Instructor (DI) School graduates stand in front of the DI Monument at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, Dec. 16, 2020.

The Marine Corps has punished at least eight Parris Island drill instructors in response to allegations of abuse and hazing, including an instance during which a recruit claimed she was ordered to ...

The first female Drill Instructor (DI) School graduates stand in front of the DI Monument at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, Dec. 16, 2020.

The first female Drill Instructor (DI) School graduates stand in front of the DI Monument at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, Dec. 16, 2020.