Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is hosting its semi-annual Career and Education Fair today from 10 a.m. until 1 this afternoon.

Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) Personal and Professional Development (PPD) is holding the fair at MCRD San Diego's Semper Fit Field House.

According to a news release on the event:

The fair will allow separating and retiring military personnel and their families access to more than ...

The Marine Recruit who died last week at MCRD San Diego after an initial strength test (or IST) has been identified as Darnell McCowan III, 22, of Sacramento, California. According to a news release from MCRD San Diego, McCowan became unresponsive after running the 1.5 mile part of the strength test on June 29. He was later pronounced dead at Scripps Mercy Hospital that morning.

According to MCRD San ...

A Marine was found dead in the barracks at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego early this morning.

Base spokeswoman Janice Hagar told San Diego television station NBC 7/39 that information about the Marine's sex, age, rank, or name would not yet be released to the media. She did confirm, though, that the dead Marine was not a recruit.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, or NCIS, is ...