Beginning Oct. 1, Marines will qualify under five water survival levels: Basic, Novice, Competent, Proficient and Advanced.

“The changes are designed to be progressive, requiring an increase in both swimming proficiency and the ability to tread water for longer durations at each level,” Capt. Colton Martin, a spokesman for ...

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Robert "Bob" Springer's open-mindedness has taken him from the small town of Ashland to the skies of Vietnam and the halls of ...

Students from the Lassiter–Pope–Kell Naval Junior ROTC made a visit to Parris Island, S.C., to the U.S. Marine Corps training center during a busy winter ...

The Marines will now have five water survival qualification levels: Basic, Novice, Competent, Proficient, and Advanced.

Before she became a teacher at Brooksville Elementary School, Jacquelynn E. Muncy passed an even tougher test: She became a U.S. Marine.

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Emily Bova is enjoying her last weekend as a high schooler as a state wrestler before joining the United States Marine Corps.

The Marine Corps just killed height-and-weight screenings. A completely new method is now the standard for every Marine's ...

Former Texas state Sen. Brian Birdwell is joining Ditlevson before SASC. Birdwell is a 20-year Army veteran who participated ...