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Recruits of Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, marched one step closer to graduation after completing their final drill evaluation Jan. 4, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Over the previous 10 weeks, the recruits marched and trained side by side, developing strong bonds and teamwork. The strict, particular nature of close-order drill reinforces discipline and precision and fosters unit cohesion. Golf Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 13, 2017. (Video by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

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Recruits of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, arrived on Parris Island for Marine Corps recruit training Jan. 3, 2017. As these recruits begin their transformation, they will spend the next 13 weeks dedicating themselves to earning the title Marine. Both companies are scheduled to graduate March 31, 2017. (Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

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Recruits of Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, marched one step closer to graduation after completing their final drill evaluation Jan. 4, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Over the previous 10 weeks, the recruits marched and trained side by side, developing strong bonds and teamwork. The strict, particular nature of close-order drill reinforces discipline and precision and fosters unit cohesion. Papa Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 13, 2017. (Video by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

[usmc-moc]

Episode: 002 Lets Have Career Drill Instructors, 1stSgt's Aren't Needed at the Depot - The M.O.C.

In this episode we will be talking about Recruit Training and the concept of a career Drill Instructor. Today's guest is Melvin who is a Master Gunnery Sergeant who has over 25 years under his belt. He joined the Marine Corps back in 1992 and ha...

[gsvetly]

MCRD Parris Island

01, April 2013.

     I was 25 years old when I got a taste for MCRDPI. There is not a day that goes by where I do not forget the scent of the way the buildings smelled. To me, the receiving building smelled like a mixture of Gain laundry detergent and old musk. The squad decks smelled like Aqua Velva and gain. The mindset of the men who train is not for everyone. But their job is effective. they are there to create and train Marines to go to war. 

  The first 36 hours was the longest of my life. I knew nobody and it was my first time away from my family back home. My time started 24 hours earlier in the MEPS center in Boston, MA.  I and a few others that were shipping out to their training bases were there as well. Not everyone I went down with was heading for the Corps. Some were heading down to Fort Benning in Georgia to join the Army.  Once we all boarded our Delta flight, it felt as if the hatch was closing on our freedom.  I arrived at the rally point around midnight with a few others. We were fed our first official USMC meal which was a sub. I tried to sleep on my way to the island with no luck as I was full of adrenaline. Once we arrived at the Island, we were all instructed to keep our heads down by a female Marine on sentry detail.

We got off the bus and on to the infamous yellow footprints and the journey to the island ended.  

[beckenca]

I’m shipping off to USMC boot in a week and a half.

I don’t know what the heck to expect

I don’t know if I’m ready or not

And I don’t even know if I picked the right job field

I am stressed tf out rn

[fakeusmarshalls]

I’m really proud of myself because thanks to the past 6-7 months since my enlistment I’ve come soo far and have accomplished so much physically. Like I️m in better shape now than i was even in high school/college when i was in sports

i went from running 1.5 miles in almost 14 minutes to running that in 11:28 and setting the record for females AND males

from giving up on myself after 2-3 miles to easily running 6+ miles without feeling as fatigued

from wanting to die after only 45 sit ups in 2 minutes to a solid 112 sit ups

from hating push ups and burpees to easily being able to do them for an eternity (which, when someone fucks up and you get individually trained for their mistake, 3-5 mins of burpees feels like a lifetime)

im still only a poolee, not even a recruit till i arrive at Parris Island, and i already have so much to thank the marine corps for

[parrisisland]

Recruits of Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, practiced bayonet techniques Nov. 10, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. These techniques are part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and help engage an enemy in close combat. The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program fuses hand-to-hand combat skills with character development, helping transform recruits into physically strong and morally sound Marines. Charlie Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 27, 2017. (Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)