Manchester actor takes on gay US marines role

A Manchester actor who is starring in a new Netflix drama about a gay US military recruit at a time when open homosexuality ...

In 'Boots,' a gay Marine comes of age before the era of 'Don't ask, don't tell'

Inspired by Greg Cope White's memoir "The Pink Marine," the Netflix series features a gay teen in boot camp at a time when ...

With the help of advisors, ‘Boots’ co-stars challenged themselves to portray military life authentically

Miles Heizer and Max Parker, who co-star in Netflix's 'Boots,' trained like Marines and utilized the experiences of the ...
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Netflix adapts Marine’s coming-of-age memoir in new series ‘Boots’

The series, premiering Thursday, follows a closeted gay teenager as he enlists in the Marine Corps and navigates boot camp in ...

‘Boots’ Is a Sensitive Military Dramedy

The year is 1990, and Cope, played by Miles Heizer (“Parenthood,” “13 Reasons Why”), is a young gay man terrified of being ...

Is Netflix's “Boots” based on a true story? All about the real veteran who inspired the queer military series

Boots is a dramedy about a closeted teenager who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s. The Netflix series was ...

A grand parade of ships kicked off the 250th anniversary of the Marines and Navy

Hundreds of veterans, service members and dignitaries crowded the Navy Yard Thursday for the opening ceremony of Homecoming ...

Navy, Marine Corps 250th birthday celebrations begin with ship parade

PHILADELPHIA — A ship parade streamed up and down the Delaware River beside Philadelphia on Thursday to kick off a ...
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Soldier Fighting Her Way Back into the Marine Corps, Only to Be Stymied by Army Policy

Army Sgt. 1st Class Julianna Pinder was pushed out of the U.S. Marine Corps in 2021 after being denied a request to reenlist -- the result of receiving a bad fitness report three years earlier for ...