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Marines standardize recruit depots, deactivate historic battalion

In a milestone emphasizing the Marine Corps’ successful standardization in recruit training, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island will deactivate its Fourth Recruit Training Battalion in a ceremony June 15, 2023, and realign personnel between the service’s two recruit training locations. “This is a moment to celebrate the legacy of so many of our Marines who made the transformation through 4th Recruit Training Battalion,” said Gen. David H. Berger, the Commandant of the Marine Corps. “It’s also a moment to celebrate progress. I’m proud to see our male and female recruits benefit from having access to the quality of all our leaders—at Parris Island and San Diego—through an unchanging, tough, and realistic recruit training curriculum.” Since 1949 and until recently, Parris Island served as the sole point of entry into the Marine Corps for all enlisted female Marines. Since that time, female Marines have trained under multiple guidons, with Fourth Recruit Training Battalion transforming Marines since 1986. Male recruits began training within Fourth Battalion in 2019. Today, successful recruit training standardization makes an all-female training battalion unnecessary, as all recruits have been training in gender-integrated companies since 2022. “On November 1, 1986, 4th Recruit Training Battalion was established as the Corps’ only unit through which women could earn the title of U. S. Marine,” said Brig. Gen. Walker M. Field, Commanding General of MCRD Parris Island and the Eastern Recruiting Region. “Since then, those Marines have transformed thousands of young women, and since 2019 men, through rigorous basic training and our Corps’ cherished legacy, preparing them to win our nation’s battles.” “On June 15, 2023, we will bid farewell to 4th Battalion in a deactivation ceremony that concludes her glorious tenure, closing the final chapter of integrating recruit training,” said Field. “We are forever grateful to the drill instructors, staff, and legions of Marines who so proudly call 4th Battalion home.” The personnel move to standardize the recruit training experience includes a portion of the personnel structure previously serving Fourth Recruit Training Battalion moving from Parris Island to San Diego. This will create a more similar organization at both depots while MCRD San Diego increases their throughput of integrated training companies to match that of MCRD Parris Island. MCRD San Diego is scheduled to train approximately half of the female Marine population by fiscal year 2024. “What matters most is making the very best Marines,” said Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. “It won’t be long before there are female Drill Instructors who, as recruits, graduated alongside their male counterparts. They will train recruits and make Marines with that experience.” The ceremony will be held at Parris Island this summer to formally deactivate the battalion, honor its legacy, and highlight the historic unit’s impact on the transformation of female Marines. More details on the event will follow in a later release.

Training Death at MCRD Parris Island

On Tuesday April 18th, Private First Class Noah Evans passed away while conducting a physical fitness test aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. The cause of death is currently under investigation.Pfc. Evans was a recruit assigned to Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment.Releasable information related to

SEPTEMBER AERIAL SPRAY TO CONTROL SANDFLEAS AND MOSQUITOES

In an effort to control sand flea and mosquito populations, MCRD Parris Island is scheduled to undergo night time aerial spray activities between 6 and 9 Sep 2022. "In an effort to control sand flea and mosquito populations and depending on weather conditions, MCRD Parris Island is scheduled to undergo night time aerial spray

NOTICE TO MARINERS 14 MAY

Notice to Mariners. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island will be conducting extended live fire training, Saturday, 14 May from 0900-1600.

Notice to Mariners 13-14 January

Notice to Mariners. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island will be conducting live fire training Thursday and Friday, 13 and 14 January, from 0600-0200.

Notice to Mariners December 19

Notice to Mariners. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island will be conducting live fire training Sunday, 19 December, from 0600-1800.The marsh and waterways in the range impact area to include Archers Creek, Ribbon Creek, and Edding Creek will be closed to boater traffic. For questions regarding firing times and waterway closures please contact

Notice to Mariners November 2-3

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - Notice to Mariners. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island will be conducting extended live fire training Tuesday & Wednesday, 2 & 3 November, from 0600-0200.

All graduating Marines will be able to execute a 10-day leave period beginning Oct. 29

Beginning Oct. 29, all graduating Marines from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will be able to execute a 10-day leave period before checking into the School of Infantry-East.

Notice to Mariners Sept. 28

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. – Notice to Mariners. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island will be conducting live fire training Tuesday & Wednesday, 28 & 29 September, from 0600-0200. The marsh and waterways in the range impact area to include Archers Creek, Ribbon Creek, and Edding Creek will be closed to boater traffic. For

Notice to Mariners May 18

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. – Notice to Mariners. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island will be conducting extended live fire training, Tuesday, 18 May from 0600-0200. The marsh and waterways in the range impact area to include Archers Creek, Ribbon Creek, and Edding Creek will be closed to boater traffic. For questions

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island