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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mykael Carson, a senior drill instructor with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, delivers the SDI Speech during Pickup Day on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Aug. 22, 2026. Pickup Day is when new recruits meet the drill instructors who will train them during their 13 weeks of recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jacob Richardson)
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