Recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, participate in a body sparring event aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., July 11, 2025. MCMAP trains recruits in self-defense through body sparring and pugil sticks, fostering a warrior ethos and esprit de corps, honoring the Corps' legacy of excellence, readiness, and commitment to defending the nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Claudell)
Recruits with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, conduct Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, July 2, 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)
