A recruit with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct zeroing and live-fire drills for the Table 1 Qualification on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., July 15, 2025. Consisting of both slow and rapid firing, Table 1 tests recruits on their comprehension of the fundamentals in marksmanship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jaden Beardsley)
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jensen Runion, a senior drill instructor with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, delivers his platoon's SDI speech on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., July 18, 2025. The SDI speech is delivered by all senior drill instructors at the start of their platoon's recruit training cycle and lays out what the recruits can expect from their drill instructors and what the drill instructors expect from their recruits. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jacob Richardson)
