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Recruits with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, conduct body sparring during the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Aug. 15, 2024. Recruits perform body sparring during the Crucible to apply the fundamentals of Marine Corps Martial Arts taught throughout recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jordy Morales)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Shamair Hamilton speaks about the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 1, 2024. The purpose of MCMAP is to contribute to the mental, moral, and physical development of the recruits. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jordy Morales)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Papa Company, 4th Battalion, and Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, learn Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) tan belt techniques at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 6, 2017. The recruits were taught upper and lower body strikes, and counter to strikes, to apply in hand to hand combat situations. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Debra S. Rookus/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment conduct the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) tan belt qualification at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., April 14, 2017. With MCMAP, recruits learned techniques to apply in hand to hand combat situations. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Jordan P. Canney/Released)