U.S Marines with Officer Selection Station Norfolk, Recruiting Station Richmond, conduct a leadership training workout with the Norfolk State University football team at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, June 26, 2026. The leadership training workout consisted of the Marine Combat Fitness Test and a series of exercises to help the team build comradery. (U.S. Marines Corps video by Sgt. Nicholas Johnson)
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Recruiters and poolees with recruiting sub stations Richmond South, Petersburg, and Charlottesville conduct a pool validation to assess how prepared the poolees are for recruit training.
At 0900 on April 5th, 2025, more than 250 young men and women about to ship out to recruit training, known as Poolees, and Marines gathered to conduct an annual pool function hosted by Marine Corps Recruiting Station Charlotte at South Iredell High School in Statesville, North Carolina. The pool function is designed to ensure that all future Marines are physically and mentally prepared for the rigorous training that they will encounter upon...
