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During their first week on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, recruits are introduced to the struggles they will be facing for the next eleven weeks of training. From the moment the recruits step off the bus, they are expected to give maximum effort at all times. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Evelyn Doherty)

Recruit training brings a challenge to all recruits and to the drill instructors appointed over them in order to transform them into United States Marines. The senior drill instructor's speech entails the conduct of the relationship between the recruit and the drill instructor throughout their time in boot camp to become basically trained Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Trent A. Henry)

Recruits with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, meet their drill instructors aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Sept 2, 2022. Pickup Day officially marks the beginning of the training cycle for the new recruits and outlines the expectations of the recruits during training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dakota Dodd and U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Christopher McMurry)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joshua Robles, a Senior Drill Instructor with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion offers his perspective on his last training cycle of recruits on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island S.C., Sept. 22, 2022. During their three-year tour, drill instructors make their way through the different roles, to include green belt, experienced, and senior drill instructors, as they gain more experience and qualifications in training the future generations of the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dakota Dodd)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher H. Payne, a mountain warfare instructor, "Red Hat", with Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) Bridgeport, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, explains the journey of becoming an instructor and the unique training opportunities MCMWTC provides to both U.S. and partner nation service members, at MCMWTC Bridgeport, California, Feb. 22, 2022. Resting high in the Sierra Nevada, the instructors of the MCMWTC shape the future of warfighters on the ground with the guidance of the Commandant's Force Design 2030 (U.S. Marine Corps video directed and edited by Cpl. Shane T. Beaubien, cinematography by Cpl. Therese Edwards, Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray, and Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser)

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Luis Arturo Ponce Alavez Jr. and Pfc. Ramon Cardoza)