Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell ValerioAlvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 01.13.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Daniel Gomez with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, prepares to begin a pugil sticks training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Jan. 13, 2026. Marine Corps recruit training fosters the warrior ethos and esprit de corps through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program by exposure to body sparring and pugil sticks. (U.S. Marine Corps......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell ValerioAlvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 01.13.2026
U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion participate in a pugil sticks training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Jan. 13, 2026. Marine Corps recruit training fosters the warrior ethos and esprit de corps through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program by exposure to body sparring and pugil sticks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell ValerioAlvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 01.13.2026
U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion participate in a pugil sticks training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Jan. 13, 2026. Marine Corps recruit training fosters the warrior ethos and esprit de corps through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program by exposure to body sparring and pugil sticks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell ValerioAlvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 01.13.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Recruit John Douglass with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, prepares for a pugil sticks training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Jan. 13, 2026. Marine Corps recruit training fosters the warrior ethos and esprit de corps through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program by exposure to body sparring and pugil sticks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell ValerioAlvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 01.13.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Crystal Barocio, a drill instructor with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, observes recruits prior to a pugil sticks training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Jan. 13, 2026. Marine Corps Recruit Training fosters the Warrior’s Ethos and Esprit de Corps through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program by cycle-long exposure to......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Janell ValerioAlvarez | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 01.13.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Talia Dubois with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, prepares for a pugil sticks training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Jan. 13, 2026. Marine Corps recruit training fosters the warrior ethos and esprit de corps through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program by exposure to body sparring and pugil sticks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Kevin Alonso | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 01.08.2026
A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, holds the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblem during an EGA ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 8, 2025. The EGA ceremony was the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation of recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kevin Alonso)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Kevin Alonso | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 01.08.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Elwood CandelariaCordova, a senior drill instructor with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, hands out Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblems during an EGA ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 8, 2026. The EGA ceremony was the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation of recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by......
