Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, conduct close-order drill at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 4, 2026. Recruits learn close-order drill as a means of instilling discipline, teamwork, and spatial awareness, and as a basis for executing combat formations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Claudell)
Recruits with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the gas chamber during chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 24, 2026. Recruits are exposed to CS gas to become familiarized with chemical defense equipment and protocols. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Ana Kalajzic and Lance Cpl. Erica Arias)
