The school that prepares newly commissioned or appointed officers in the basics of being a rifle platoon commander has been stricken with a handful of COVID-19 cases. Maj. Joshua Benson, a Marine ...

We got an inside look at how new United States Marine Corps officers are trained at The Basic School, a seven-month program that challenges newly commissioned second lieutenants physically, ...

Marines participate in a The Basic School company at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in October 2022. (Sgt. Quang Do/Marine Corps) WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps is mulling some alternatives to ...

U.S. Marine Corps officers conduct table 1,2 and 5 courses of fire with rifles at The Basic School (TBS), Quantico, VA. TBS ...

U.S. Marines with The Basic School, Training Command, sing the Marine’s Hymn before the TBS field meet at Marine Corps Base ...

Six Marine second lieutenants who were undergoing their primary training in The Basic School at Quantico are soon to be ex-Marines after being caught cheating, officials confirmed on Tuesday. In other ...

Army leaders are weighing whether to revamp the service's Basic Leader Course to include more time in the field -- and that could mean longer school, too. The potential overhaul of the course, or BLC, ...