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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pfc. Vallen Grayson lost more than 100 pounds over two years to meet the Marine Corps’ enlistment standards. (Sgt. Jose Cruz/U.S.

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

Bourque, Fender graduate from USMC basic training U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Joseph C. Bourque IV, son of Sandra L. Townsend of Kingsport, Tenn., and Joseph C. Bourque III of La Plata, earned the title of ...

New guidance, effective Oct. 1, 2026, will require U.S. Marines to meet tougher swimming qualification standards. “The changes are designed to be progressive, requiring an increase in both swimming ...

MARSHFIELD − The Wehr triplets returned home to Marshfield this past Monday, 13 weeks after they left for basic training at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina. They ...

Marine Corps Pfc. Franklin A. Franco recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in South Carolina. He is the son of Evelin Gonzalez and Israel Franco of Beltsville ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Wm.. Steele Naisbitt, from West Yellowstone, graduated from the Marine Corps Basic Training ...

A recent Marine Corps basic training graduate who once weighed 290 pounds lost more than 100 pounds over two years to meet Marine enlistment standards. Now, in a family filled with military service in ...