U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Thomas Settle, the company first sergeant with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, delivers a speech to the new Marines during the Eagle, Globe and Anchor(EGA) ceremony on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 11, 2026. Following a culminating 15k hike to the parade deck, recruits are given their EGA and officially become United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ayden Cassano)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ulester N. Graham, a Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, graduates from recruit training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 10, 2026. Graduation day comes after 13 weeks of training, where civilians transform into recruits and then Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales
