The U.S. Marines conducted a landmark training exercise which saw them fire the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS ...

The update, released halfway through a decade-long modernization plan, focused on strengthening forward deployed Marine ...

Netflix's Boots introduced viewers to a group of aspiring Marine recruits who endure severe physical challenges, emotional pitfalls and even a surprise death — but how did the season end? The recruits ...

Created by Andy Parker (Pantheon), Boots is a new coming-of-age military comedy, premiering on Netflix on October 9, 2025. Set in the 1990s, the story follows Cameron Cope (Miles Heizer), a secretly ...

What’s it like being gay in the Marines? “Exhausting,” says Cameron Cope (Miles Heizer), the human HQ of “Boots.” Adapted from Greg Cope White’s memoir “The Pink Marine”— about being gay in the ...

“Boots” opens in 1990 in a recruiter’s office in New Orleans. With the chaos of high school and its constant bullying behind him, Cameron Cope (a perfectly cast Miles Heizer) is desperate for a new ...

Some shows just sound medicinal. You know what I mean. Maybe the framing is so morally ambitious that you feel preached at before you’ve even started. Maybe the logline relies too heavily on ...

This week, Boots premieres on Netflix, a new dramedy about a closeted Marine recruit undergoing boot camp training in a time before Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, adapted from Greg Cope White’s memoir The ...

When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more like a seasoned general than a private. Instead, he was just another recruit ...

October 2, 2025: American soldiers have always been well educated. During World War II, the majority of recruits were well educated and physically fit. After the war, standards were higher because ...

The federal government shutdown hit home in Port Royal on Wednesday when the U.S. Marine Corps training and recruiting base for the eastern United States furloughed more than 100 civilian employees.