This article has been updated to reflect the official spelling of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island’s soon-to-be mascot’s name. She’s the first, or will be — as soon as she completes “recruit ...

The Hair Heroes Challenge is a social media campaign that aims to spread awareness about Sty-Lives, an initiative that teaches hairstylists and students how to check their client's scalps for skin ...

Aug. 13 (UPI) --She might be the most consequential female U.S. service member you've never heard of. But those now working to correct that oversight hope everyone will know more about Opha May ...

This story has been updated to reflect the official title of Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough. Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot is preparing to welcome its newest (and most adorable) ...

Aug. 28—A local veterans group is planning a courthouse monument for Kokomo native Opha May Johnson, the U.S.'s first female Marine. The Howard County Veterans Memorial Corporation, headed by Vietnam ...

Not what you may think. Yes, women served as parachute riggers and welders, and eventually became drill sergeants and pilots. But the first woman to join the Marine Corps was the 39-year-old wife of ...

KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) — Kokomo honored a pioneering woman who broke barriers as the first female Marine in U.S. History. Opha May Johnson’s enlistment paved the way for countless women who have since ...

KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) — America’s first female U.S. Marine, Opha May Johnson, a Kokomo native, is getting a monument dedicated to her trailblazing life this Veterans Day. Robin Williams of the Howard ...

Humans apparently aren’t the only ones breaking glass ceilings. The Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina just received it’s first female mascot, according to the Marine Corps ...

Maybe it was all in the delivery. Maybe it was all in the story. Or maybe it was both. Whatever the case, nobody could spin tale after tale of what it was like growing up in Tucson during the ...