Marines TV

A short video offering tips about boot camp. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Christopher McMurry)

Recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, perform the Day Movement Course during the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Nov. 26, 2024. The Crucible is a 54-hour long culminating event where recruits use the skills they have learned through recruit training in order to earn their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor at the end. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Vivian Martinez-Reyes)

Recruits of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, made their way to the top of a 47-foot tower for rappel training June 6, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. The training mimics descending from a helicopter skid or a building using a rope and harness. Both companies are scheduled to graduate July 28, 2017. (Video by Lance Cpl. Joseph Jacob)

Parris Island’s Centennial Celebration ended with the Battle Colors Ceremony Oct. 16, 2015. The U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Silent Drill Platoon, both based at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., performed to Marines and civilians participating in the depots Centennial Celebration. The U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps played a variety of modern and traditional marching music. The Silent Drill Platoon executed nearly 15 minutes of unique drill movements without verbal commands.