U.S. Marine Recruits with Oscar Company, 4th Battalion, and India Company, 3rd Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, complete the Combat Endurance Course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Aug. 5, 2017. The Combat Endurance Course test the recruits’ ability to work as a team and helps prepare them for situations they could face in combat. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Daniel A. Lobo/ Released)
Esther D. Esparza was well on her way to being a collegiate-level wrestler on an athletic scholarship. At 19 years old, the athletically built Santa Ana, Calif., native, could have been competing with girls who wrestle on an Olympic level.
The Tri-Command Single Marines & Sailors Program not only improves Marines’ quality of life, it gives them a chance to improve the quality of life for their surrounding communities. Members from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort chose to volunteer by picking up trash on the highways that run through Beaufort County.
