The Island Packet

Marines deactivate historic Parris Island women’s battalion. ‘Moment to celebrate progress’

Recruits with Oscar Company 4th Recruit Training Battalion during The Crucible on April. 28, 2023, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Cpl. Marcel Gorka U.S. Marine Corps Marine Corps Recruit ...
Post and Courier

Since 1949, SC's Parris Island was the only place women trained to be Marines. Until now.

BEAUFORT — Since 1949, South Carolina's Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island has been the only place in the country where women would earn the title held by the few and the proud. But, in a ...
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Marines ending female unit at Parris Island as co-ed training becomes the norm

PARRIS ISLAND — It was a unit synonymous with history. Almost 75 years ago when the Marine Corps began training women exclusively in South Carolina, a singular recruit battalion became dedicated to ...