Parris Island News

Drill instructors are on the front lines helping build Marines at Parris Island, but many other Marines like Corporal Leah Mast are working behind the scenes doing their part.

This weekend, Beaufort opens its annual holiday festivities with its 24th annual "A Night on the Town" open house for the downtown area.

The US Marine Corps prides itself on being ready - even when the nation is not. It calls itself the 9/11 branch of the US military - the first responders.

President Obama is expected to announce he is sending more than 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan.

Information attributed to James and Susan Baker comes from investigative documents released last week by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

Asylum's Caleb Howe served in the United States Marine Corps from 1993 to 1999. On November 10, 1775, in Tun Tavern , a famous bar in Philadelphia, the most logical recruitment drive in history began.

Pfc. Aaron Scoggins Wilson has graduated from Marine basic training at Parris Island, S.C. During his three month training, Wilson was awarded Expert Rifleman and promoted to rank E-2. Wilson graduated from Armuchee High School and attended Shorter College.

Join Patriots Point as they begin their Veteran's Day Celebration the weekend prior to the special day with living history and vintage vehicles! The SC Military Vehicle Preservation Club will have fifteen vintage vehicles including 1940 1960- era jeeps - "Willys" troop transport trucks and a half-track parked landside in addition to uniforms, ...

Anna Bigham was a supportive sister. Her brother, Mills, was like many freshly-graduated high school seniors.

Authorities are investigating whether a suspected serial killer whose home and yard harbored the remains of at least 11 people is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan, California and the Carolinas.

Brooklyn, N.Y. native George Boemerman, who retired in 1976 after a 24-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, is unique among his fellow Marines.

Everybody wants to get in shape, but not everyone wants to make the necessary sacrifices.

Boy Scout Frankie Slemmer may have bitten off a big chunk as he started to restore a Shaw veteran Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star.

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island was honored last week for being one of six bases that helped the Navy save 2 billion gallons of water and $31 million in utility costs this year through energy efficiency and water management.

PFC Christopher Schell, son of Melissa Schell of Port St. Joe, and Edward Schell of Port St Joe, recently completed 13 weeks of Boot Camp training on Sept.

Monday is the final day to submit photos of Beaufort County high school graduates, faculty and staff members who have served or are serving in the armed forces.

Editor's note: This is the third and final installment in a series of stories on the journey of Pfc.

Submitted photo/SDN Pfc. Jesse Phillips of Starkville stands at parade rest outside the Receiving Center at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruitment Depot at Parris Island, S.C. Walking through the doors of the Receiving Center means undertaking a grueling physical and mental challenge to complete the 13 weeks of basic training to become a full fledged ...

Combat H2O preparation is important for each and every Marine. It is not something to be taken lightly.

Two restaurant conversions are in the works in Belfair Towne Village in Bluffton.