U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, practice close-order drill on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., August 10, 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. Nicholas White)
Recruits with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, participate in body sparring and pugil stick fighting on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., July 30, 2026. Recruits participate in body sparring, pugil sticks, and a bayonet assault course as part of their training to become Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales)
