Rct. Booth Hauxwell, a recruit with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, listens to instruction of a new technique, as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 2, 2025. During recruit training, recruits are taught and must master basic assault and defense techniques to earn their tan belt through MCMAP. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ayden Cassano)
U.S. Marine Corps recruits with November Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, practice bayonet techniques from the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 1, 2025. MCMAP is important in teaching recruits basic hand-to-hand fighting as well as rifle techniques that are necessary in a real-world combat scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales and Pfc. Jaden Beardsley)
