Photo Gallery: Parris Island recruits trek through Crucible to earn title 'Marine'

Photo By Cpl. MaryAnn Hill | Rct. Michael Ciavirella, Platoon 1048, Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, acts as security for his team during a Crucible event July 12, 2013, at the combat training area on Parris Island, S.C. The 54-hour training event is designed to emphasize teamwork and adherence to the Marine Corps' core values under arduous and stressful conditions. Ciavirella, a 22-year-old native of Sewell, N.J., is scheduled to graduate July 19, 2013. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent for females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)  

PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

07.17.2013

Story by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - Recruits of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, trudged through the Crucible on July 11-13, 2013, at the combat training area on Parris Island, S.C.

The 54-hour training event tested recruits’ confidence, endurance and commitment to earning the title of United States Marine. At the end of the long, grueling event, a drill instructor presented each recruit with an Eagle, Globe and Anchor and called him or her “Marine” for the first time. Bravo and Oscar companies are scheduled to graduate July 19, 2013.

• Date Taken: 07.17.2013
• Date Posted: 07.17.2013 13:44
• Story ID: 110323
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
• Hometown: CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, US
• Hometown: GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, US
• Hometown: HOLCOMB, KANSAS, US
• Hometown: OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: PAYSON, ARIZONA, US
• Hometown: RAYMOND, NEW HAMPSHIRE, US
• Hometown: RED BOILING SPRINGS, TENNESSEE, US
• Hometown: SEWELL, NEW JERSEY, US
• Hometown: STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, US