One survey proposal would add the tanker jacket, pictured here, to the sea bag of uniform items new enlisted Marines receive after boot camp. (Cpl. Debra S. Sainer/Marine Corps) For the first time ...

Few films capture the spirit of Marine Corps boot camp better than Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 Vietnam War drama, Full Metal Jacket. Adapted from The Short-Timers, a novel by Marine veteran Gustav ...