Photo Gallery: Parris Island recruits conquer Crucible to earn place in Marine Corps

Photo By Cpl. MaryAnn Hill | Rct. Monica Benevides, Platoon 4021, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, struggles to pull her weapon out of concertina wire during the Crucible on June 28, 2013, at the combat training area on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits like Benevides, an 18-year-old native of Laredo, Texas, overcame many different obstacles during the 54-hour culminating event to test their endurance. Drill instructors evaluated recruits on her mental, moral and physical development in order to validate her transformation into a United States Marine. November Company is scheduled to graduate July 3, 2013. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent for females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)  

PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

07.09.2013

Story by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - Recruits of November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, trudged through the Crucible, the 54-hour culminating event of recruit training, June 27-29, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C.

The Crucible tested recruits’ confidence, endurance and commitment to earning the title of United States Marine. At the end of the long, grueling event, a drill instructor presents each recruit with an Eagle, Globe and Anchor and calls him or her Marine for the first time. November Company is scheduled to graduate July 3, 2013.

• Date Taken: 07.09.2013
• Date Posted: 07.09.2013 09:40
• Story ID: 109881
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
• Hometown: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, US
• Hometown: CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US
• Hometown: COLUMBUS, OHIO, US
• Hometown: FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, US
• Hometown: LAREDO, TEXAS, US
• Hometown: NAPLES, FLORIDA, US
• Hometown: WILLIS, TEXAS, US