U.S. Marine Corps First Sgt. Mitchell Goldschmidt, the company first sergeant for November Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, speaks to the new Marines of November Company during the Eagle, GLobe, and Anchor Ceremony on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 31, 2025. Following a culminating 15k hike to Peatross Parade Deck, recruits are given their EGA and officially become United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. William Horsley)
Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, May 27, 2025. The recruits must learn and properly demonstrate the techniques they were taught during MCMAP in order to earn their tan belt, which is a recruit training graduation requirement. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Emma Powell)
