Story by Lance Cpl. William Horsley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 10.21.2024
Before dawn on October 12, 2024, the drone of a bagpipe rose through the darkness, the Marines' Hymn, a powerful anthem for the newest Marines of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. As they emerged from The Crucible, each step marked a testament to their grit and determination. U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Robert Fountain, a series commander with India Company, used his uncommon music......
Story by Sgt. Dana Beesley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 07.30.2021
From standing on the yellow footprints at Parris Island to now commanding over every recruit who does, Col. Bradley Ward reflects on his journey from an enlisted Marines to officer, and how it prepared him for his current role....
Story by Sgt. Dana Beesley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 06.15.2021
Abdullah Alshimmari still remembers the fragile line between chaos and peace. As a young boy growing up in the heart of Baghdad, he would sit at the kitchen window of his family home every day and feel the summer breeze on his face. He recalls the view of the houses in his neighborhood; so close to each other that one could practically leap from one roof to the next. This particular day, he......
Story by Sgt. Dana Beesley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 04.22.2021
In celebration of Earth Day, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island Public Works Department, Environmental Division held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the nature walk on April 22, 2021....
Story by Sgt. Dana Beesley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 08.13.2019
For Capt. Astrid Rivas, physical fitness has always been an important part of her life. She grew up in Bowie, Maryland with three brothers and an active mother and said, fitness was their bonding time....
Story by Lance Cpl. Yamil Casarreal | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 05.24.2019
PARRIS ISLAND (S.C.) “It was hard in the beginning when I found out my son was born. I got the phone call from my Senior Drill Instructor about my son."...
Story by Lance Cpl. Kailey Maraglia | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 11.28.2016
“I don’t want to go back to how I was,” said Private First Class Seth Steele, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion. “I’m going to keep this effort I’ve been showing.” Steele, a Fort Wayne, Ind., native can truly say boot camp changed him....
Story by Lance Cpl. Kailey Maraglia | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 10.18.2016
“I learned how to grow up,” said Pvt. Shawn M. Moore, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. “I’m the way I am because I don’t want people to go through the same pain I went through.”...
