Video by Lance Cpl. Aglahe Garcia and Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 06.05.2018
U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete their swim qualification on June 5, 2018, on Parris Island, S.C. U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Sean Durkee, a Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival, Support Battalion, discussed the importance of water survival skills. Swim qualification includes a 25-meter swim, leaping onto the water from a tower,......
Video by Lance Cpl. Aglahe Garcia and Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 06.05.2018
U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete their swim qualification on June 5, 2018, on Parris Island, S.C. U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Sean Durkee, a Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival, Support Battalion, discussed the importance of water survival skills. Swim qualification includes a 25-meter swim, leaping onto the water from a tower,......
Video by Lance Cpl. Aglahe Garcia and Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 06.04.2018
Recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and November Company displayed teamwork during their initial drill evaluation Dec. 19, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruit Training Regiment Drillmaster Carlos Arguello discusses why recruits and their drill instructor are evaluated on their ability to perform close-order drill movements. Close-order drill helps instill discipline and......
Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 05.21.2018
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. – A new batch of men and women arrived May 21-22, 2018, for a chance to earn the title Marine on Parris Island, S.C. If successful in training, these men and women, now recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, will earn the title Marine and represent the ideals of selflessness and military virtue the......
Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 03.31.2018
Recruits of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, conducted a 12 kilometer hike March 31, 2018, on Parris Island, S.C. This is one of seven hikes, ranging from three to more than nine miles, that recruits complete during the training cycle. The hikes progressively build in distance, conditioning recruits to take on the rigorous demands......
Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 03.01.2018
Only about 600 Marine Corps drill instructors shape the approximately 19,000 recruits who come to Parris Island annually into basic United States Marines. This handful of dedicated DIs are entrusted with sustaining a more than 243-year legacy by transforming men and women into the next generation of Marines. This is one of those drill instructors. Name: Sgt. Jacob Mackenzie Mike Company,......
Video by Lance Cpl. Jordan Canney and Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 02.07.2018
Recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, maneuvered through a combat training course March 7, 2018 on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits in teams of four maneuvered over and under various obstacles such as concertina wire and walls, while wearing combat equipment during Basic Warrior Training. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate April 6, 2018. (Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren......
Video by Lance Cpl. Debra Sainer and Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 01.29.2018
Recruits of Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, arrived on Parris Island for Marine Corps recruit training Jan. 29, 2018. Recruits spend 13 weeks dedicating themselves to embracing the Corps’ core values of honor, courage and commitment on the way to earning the title Marine. Both companies are scheduled to graduate May 4, 2018.......
