A Marine Corps recruit fled boot camp earlier this month before being apprehended at the San Diego airport, the Marine Corps said. The recruit in question was attending boot camp at Marine Corps ...

the service sent 1,471 female recruits to train at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, and 1,484 women to MCRD San Diego, California, a boot camp formerly closed to women.

Gen. Michael Cederholm, the commanding general for I Marine Expeditionary Force, said in a statement. Get top local stories in San Diego delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC San Diego's ...