Family Day Information: Thursday’s Motivational Run starts at 7:00 AM. Also, the Family Day Ceremony will begin at 9:30 AM at the Peatross Parade Deck.
Graduation Day Information: The Morning Colors Ceremony will begin at 7:45 AM at Barrow Hall. The Graduation Ceremony will begin at 9:00 AM at the Peatross Parade Deck.
Due to the increased size of graduating companies and their visitors, please plan for increased traffic at the front gate.
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Family day and graduation take place on the last two days of recruit training. Family day occurs Thursday and gives new Marines a chance to see family and friends for the first time during on-base liberty. Graduation is conducted Friday in a formal ceremony, attended by family and friends.
All recruits are issued a graduation packet with the battalion commander’s graduation invitation letter sometime around week 9 of their 12-week training cycle. But please note, it is the recruits themselves who decide to whom they mail their graduation packets.
Parris Island personnel cannot inform you of the mailing status of a graduation packet or re-issue one.
Please be sure to confirm the graduation date of your recruit.
Visitors are requested to stop by the Douglas Visitors' Center upon arrival to check in. In order to allow time to identify which recruits have family or visitors waiting to see them, please sign in before 9:50 a.m. on family day. To make reservations for Marine Corps Community Services’ events, visit southcarolina.usmc-mccs.org
*ALL TIMES/LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
2024 SCHEDULED GRADUATION CEREMONIES
Family Orientation Day at Parris Island
Time
Event
6:00 am - 10:00 pm
Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) open
6:00 am - 6:00 pm
Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) Food Court open
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Engraving Shop open
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Family Check-in at the Douglas Visitors' Center (DVC)
Java Café open (9:00 am - 11:30 am)
DVC Gift Shop open (8:00 am - 4:00 pm)
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Marine Corps 101, including a "Behind the Scenes" tour at the DVC
*Please check-in by 9:30 am*
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Family Orientation Brief at the DVC
*Register for MCCS events at: southcarolina.usmc-mccs.org
Family Liberty Day at Parris Island
Event
6:00 am - 4 pm
Douglas Visitors' Center open. Please register upon arrival.
Java Café (6:00 am - 2 pm)
DVC gift shop open (6:00 am - 4 pm)
6 am - 10 pm
Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) open.
6 am - 6 pm
Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) food court open.
7 am - 5 pm
Engraving Shop open.
7:00 am
Motivational Run - Peatross Parade Deck and Boulevard de France.
8 am – 4 pm
Depot museum opens.
9:30 am- 10 pm
Battalion commander’s brief to families & liberty ceremony (Peatross Parade Deck).
10 am
Liberty begins.
3 pm
Liberty ends.
4 pm
Meet & greet with depot command at the Lyceum.
*Register for MCCS events at: (southcarolina.usmc-mccs.org)
Graduation Day at Parris Island
6 am - 2 pm
Douglas Visitors' Center open.
Java Café (6 am - noon)
DVC gift shop (6 am- noon)
7 am - 7 pm
7 am - 5 pm
8:45 am - 10 am
Graduation at Peatross Parade Deck.
Liberty begins
Noon
DVC closes
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