 Welcome to the Core Report. I'm Corporal Remington Hall. And I'm Corporal Kathy Nunez. New gender and neutral standards for 29 different military occupational specialties became effective September 30th. A lot of people online seem to think gender neutral is just another way of saying lowered standards. That's not the case at all. The new standards cover requirements and tasks Marines already had to meet, but now are being formally evaluated on. Colonel Douglas Mayer from the Marine Corps Training and Education Command elaborates. Clearly defined standards are like a clearly defined mission. Marines get the mission done, and so by better clearly defining and articulating what our standard requirements are, Marines are going to train to those requirements, they're going to be prepared for the requirements, and that's going to lead to better success on the battlefield for the Marine Corps. For more on these new standards, click the link in the video description. Tomorrow, Parris Island is celebrating its 100th year of making Marines. Parris Island is responsible for training 41% of male Marines and 100% of the female Marines who join the Corps. So it means they train 100% plus 41, so 141% with... Over the last two decades, about 19,000 new Marines have come from Parris Island every year. The Depot has been responsible for an astounding number of Marines in its history. During World War I, Parris Island trained 41,000 recruits. Which pales in comparison to the Korean War when they trained 138,000 recruits, World War II when they trained 205,000 recruits, and the Vietnam War when a quarter million recruits went through the Depot. Follow Parris Island on social media for more on the anniversary. As of the beginning of this month, General Neller is officially on Twitter. On Twitter. What? Yeah, Twitter. At Jen Robert Neller is officially on Twitter. Well, that too, but General Neller is traveling from base to base to speak to you, the Marines. This is what he said during his visit to OneMath. We have a conversation with you about what that means, this contract that we have with each other. What you should expect from me as a commandant or any of your leaders, what should you expect from us? And on the other side of that coin, what should we expect from you? The commandant is continuing his tour, but if you don't get the chance to see him, you can keep up with him on Twitter. In fact, One Lance Corporal in 29 Palms missed seeing the commandant in person, but reached out with a tweet. To my surprise, and the Lance Corporals, General Neller responded. For more information about the tour, use the link in the video description and make sure to follow at Jen Robert Neller on Twitter. Remember, you can catch up on everything else going on around the core by logging on to our official social media sites. Thanks for watching everyone, and we'll see you next payday. Right here on The Core Report.