But before they get there, it all starts here, at Drill Instructor School at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina. Insider spent three days with a class of students in ...

At Parris Island, women made up 11.3 ... to increase its population of female drill instructors from 134 to 207, a goal it first publicized in 2021. As recently as late 2022, service officials ...