Videos

U.S. Marine recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete the Crucible, aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., February 27, 2025. The Crucible is the culminating event of recruit training in which recruits must endure a 54-hour field training exercise that tests everything they have learned over the past three months, overcoming obstacles and working together as a team in order to complete various missions. ( U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Jaden Beardsley

Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, learn rappelling techniques on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island April 18, 2022. Rappelling helps recruits overcome their fear of heights and gain more confidence. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Colin Harper, Pfc. Lucas Lu, and Pfc. Savannah Ritter)

Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct pugil stick bouts as a part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Leatherneck Square, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Dec. 9 2021. Pugil stick bouts are used to simulate close quarters combat and build proficiency of rifle bayonet techniques. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Luis Arturo Ponce Alavez Jr.)

Pfc. Christopher Downie, a Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, made the decision to enlist in the Marine Corps after six years of prior service with the Army, on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island S.C., Aug. 28, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Godfrey Ampong)

Pfc. Davit Matcharadze, a Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, speaks about his life in Georgia and how a group of Marines treated him like a brother when he moved to the United States, on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 12, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Yamil Casarreal)

Pfc. Chandler Rivera, a Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, speaks about how his dad, retired Gunnery Sergeant Edward Rivera, was a influence in his life to join the Marine Corps and continue the family legacy on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 3, 2020. Pfc. Chandler Rivera, un Marine con compañía fox, segundo battalon de entrenamiento de recluta, habla sobre como su papa, Edward Rivera, un marine jubilado, era una influencia en su vida para entrar el Marine Corps y continuar la legacia de famila en Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, carolina de sur, Mayo 3, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Yamil Casarreal)

Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, battle through the Combat Endurance Course on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 15, 2020. (Video by Lance Cpl Randall D. Whiteman)

Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, fire their rifles on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Feb. 11, 2020. Table Two teaches recruits how to properly manipulate their weapons in a combat scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Godfrey Ampong)

Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion complete their Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Testing on Marine Corps Depot Parris Island, S.C. Sept. 28, 2019. Recruits must pass their MCMAP testing in order to graduate boot camp. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Godfrey Ampong/Released)

Recruits of Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, endure the effects of tear gas after exiting a gas chamber May 13, on Parris Island, S.C. Marine Corps recruits learn basic chemical warfare defense to ensure they are confident in their abilities to use a gas mask while enduring the effects of a nonlethal tear gas. Fox Company is scheduled to graduate July 3. **NO AUDIO**