Photo by Sgt. Vanessa Austin | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 09.20.2018
Rct. James McConnell, Platoon 3072, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, completes an event during the Crucible Sept. 20, 2018, on Parris Island, S.C. The Crucible is a 54 hour culminating event that requires recruits to work as a team and overcome challenges in order to earn the title United States Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Vanessa Austin)...
Photo by Sgt. Vanessa Austin | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 09.20.2018
Rct. James McConnell, Platoon 3072, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, completes an event during the Crucible Sept. 20, 2018, on Parris Island, S.C. The Crucible is a 54 hour culminating event that requires recruits to work as a team and overcome challenges in order to earn the title United States Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Vanessa Austin)...
Photo by Sgt. Vanessa Austin | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 09.20.2018
Rct. James McConnell, Platoon 3072, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, completes an event during the Crucible Sept. 20, 2018, on Parris Island, S.C. The Crucible is a 54 hour culminating event that requires recruits to work as a team and overcome challenges in order to earn the title United States Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Vanessa Austin)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 07.11.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Rct. Judson T. Cash, Platoon 2074, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, receives his first recruit training haircut July 11, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Cash, 19, from Alexandria, Ala., is scheduled to graduate Oct. 6, 2017. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 07.10.2017
A U.S. Marine Corps senior drill instructor closes the iconic silver doors after recruits passed through moments prior July 10, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Passing through these doors signifies the transition from civilians into Marine Corps recruits and the beginning of the journey to become a Marine. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Oct. 6, 2017. Parris Island has been the site of......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 07.10.2017
New U.S. Marine Corps recruits of Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, begin processing June 10, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Papa Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 6, 2017. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 07.10.2017
New U.S. Marine Corps recruits of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, prepare to notify their next-of-kin of their safe arrival at Parris Island, S.C., on July 10, 2017. Each recruit will get in contact with either their next-of-kin or their recruiter upon arrival on the depot. If they cannot contact either at the time, they will receive another chance later in training. Golf Company......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 07.10.2017
New U.S. Marine Corps recruits of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, respond to a drill instructor July 10, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Thousands of recruits pass through these doors every year in an attempt to become Marines. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Oct. 6, 2017. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps......
