Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, October 17, 2024. The crucible is a 54-hour operation that tests a recruit's endurance, strength, agility and knowledge through a series of objectives.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Katrina Wallace)
Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the obstacle course during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Oct. 18, 2024. The Crucible is a 54-hour culminating event in which the previous 11 weeks of training are put to the test. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Alexander Vaughn)