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The new Marines of Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, June 17, 2025. Graduation took place at the completion of the 13-week transformation which included training for drill, marksmanship, basic combat skills, and Marine Corps customs and traditions. Following graduation, the Marines were given 10 days of leave before taking the next step in training at the School of Infantry at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, participate in a body sparring event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, April 28, 2025. Recruits are taught Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques that instill basic self-defense that they will execute throughout recruit training during events like body sparring and pugil sticks to help build a warrior ethos and esprit de corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Vivian Martinez-Reyes)

Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, compete in a body sparring match during the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., February 27, 2025. The Crucible is a 54-hour culminating event in which the previous 11 weeks of training are put to the test. (U.S Marine Corps video by Pfc. Jaden Beardsley)

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