Rct. Timothy Evans , a recruit with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion low crawls during the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. March 20, 2025. The Crucible is the culmination of the knowledge and skills recruits learn throughout recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jordy Morales)
U.S. Marine recruits with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the Crucible, aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 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 Cpl. Jordy Morales)
