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, ...

Final Drill at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island (Boot Camp), is the last evaluation of the recruits' execution of close order drill. Final Drill tests drill instructors on their ability to ...

"Boots," adapted from the memoir "The Pink Marine," follows a gay man who enlisted with the dream of changing his future, but ...

Forty years after completing boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter will address graduating Marines there on Sept. 4, 2025. Marine Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter remembers the exact ...