For Release: Feb. 5, 2007
The Marines, airing Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 9/8 p.m. CT on KET1, examines the unique "warrior culture" of the smallest branch of the U.S. armed services. With significant access to Marine Corps training facilities in Parris Island, S.C., Quantico, Va. and Twentynine Palms, Calif., The Marines reveals what it takes to be a Marine from the first moments of a recruit's arrival at boot camp.The Marines offers extensive coverage of the grueling Marine Corps training, including the martial arts program, confidence course and intense rifle range instruction. The program also demonstrates how the Marines evaluate and shape their future leaders with the rigorous officer candidate leadership reaction course and infamous "Quigley" exercise.
More than 30 current and former Marines of all ranks, and authors and military correspondents were interviewed to tell the story of the rich history, traditions and continued importance of the Marine Corps.
Other segments of The Marines focus on the wounded warrior barracks in Camp Lejeune, N.C., the new Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, Va., and women in the Marines. The program also travels to the country's largest Marine base in California, where Marines are seen training in mock Iraqi villages just weeks before deployment overseas.
The Marines is a co-production of WNED/Buffalo/Toronto and Driftwood Productions, Inc. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.