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India Company recruits explain why they joined

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island

March 5, 2026 | 26:12

India Company recruits explain why they joined

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island

March 5, 2026 | 26:12

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India Company recruits explain why they joined

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, talk about where they’re from and why they joined the Marine Corps on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 5, 2026. Marine Corps recruits join the Marines for a variety of reasons, but are united in their goal of earning the title. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jacob Richardson)

March 5, 2026

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Echo Company Earns the Title

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, earn their Eagle, Globe and Anchors on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 21, 2026. The EGA is the symbol of the Marine Corps and is what recruits are given when they’ve officially earned the title of Marine at the end of recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jacob Richardson)

Feb. 21, 2026

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Recruit Training Compilation

Recruits undergo 13 weeks of training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in order to earn the title United States Marine. Recruit training encompasses weapons mastery, basic swim qualification, gas chamber, and physical tests culminating in the crucible, a 54 hour physical and mental test recruits must complete in order to earn the title Marine. Original music, Every Living Breathing Moment, by Grant Stellar.(Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kenneth Johnson)

Jan. 17, 2026

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Fox Company Eagle Globe and Anchor Ceremony

New Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, are presented their Eagle, Globe and Anchor on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Oct. 25, 2025. The Eagle, Globe and Anchor ceremony is the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation from recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales)

Oct. 25, 2025

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Fox Company Eagle, Globe, and Anchor Ceremony B-Roll

New Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, are presented their Eagle, Globe and Anchor on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Oct. 25, 2025. The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor ceremony is the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation from recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales)

Oct. 25, 2025

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Alpha Company EGA Ceremony

New Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, are presented their Eagle, Globe and Anchor on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 7, 2025. The Eagle, Globe and Anchor ceremony is the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation from recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales)

June 7, 2025

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Kilo Company EGA Ceremony

New Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, are presented their Eagle, Globe and Anchor on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 22, 2025. The Eagle, Globe and Anchor ceremony is the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation from recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales)

March 22, 2025

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Delta Company EGA Ceremony

New Marines with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, are presented their Eagle, Globe and Anchor on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Nov. 23, 2024. The Eagle, Globe and Anchor ceremony is the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation from recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Vivian Martinez-Reyes)

Nov. 23, 2024

0:34

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India Company EGA Ceremony

New Marines with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, are presented their Eagle, Globe and Anchor on Marine Corps Depot Parris Island, S.C., Oct. 12, 2024. The Eagle, Globe and Anchor ceremony is the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation from recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Johnson and Lance Cpl. William Horsley)

Oct. 12, 2024

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Golf Company Crucible

New Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, are presented their Eagle, Globe and Anchor on Marine Corps Depot Parris Island, S.C., Aug. 24, 2024. The Eagle, Globe and Anchor ceremony is the final event of the Crucible and represents the transformation from recruit to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Johnson)

Aug. 24, 2024

1:34

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November Company EGA Ceremony

Recruits with November Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, receive their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on Marine Corps Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 8, 2024. Following a culminating 15k hike to the parade deck, recruits are given their EGA and officially become United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jordy Morales)

June 8, 2024

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Persistence Pays Off

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Pedro Alfaro, a Marine with November Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, completes recruit training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, June 21, 2024. Alfaro was previously dropped from November Company due to an injury and after several months of recovery is graduating with a new November Company cycle. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Katrina Wallace)

June 6, 2024

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Love Endures Through Recruit Training

Pfc. Juli Marie Winston and Pvt. Jamil Winston Jr., Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete recruit training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. on May 17, 2024. The Winstons have been married since June 2023 and chose to enlist and experience recruit training at the same time. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Katrina Wallace and Lance Cpl. Kenneth Johnson)

May 3, 2024

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Pvt Analise Yacone

Pvt Analise Yacone, a Marine with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, completes recruit training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 5, 2024. Yacone talked about her experience during the Crucible and receiving her Eagle, Globe and Anchor from her husband Cpl Bryce Yacone. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl Zachary Foshee).

March 22, 2024

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A New Generation

Pvt Travis Stockstill, a Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, completes recruit training on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., November 21, 2023. Stockstill is a 32 year old native of Ohio, who enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves. He was inspired to join because of the challenge and discipline the Marines present as well as his daughter in law who graduated from recruit training in June 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. William Horsley and Cpl. Luis Ponce Alvez).

Nov. 21, 2023

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