Ariel Perry, a Semper-Fit Supervisor with Marine Corps Community Services, and U.S. Marine Corps drill instructors, with Recruit Training Regiment, discuss the rules of a basketball skills challenge on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 29, 2025. The skills challenge is a regimental event held to promote unit cohesion, camaraderie, and esprit de corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Jacob Claudell)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz, the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visits Marine
Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., on April 24, 2025. During this trip, Sgt. Maj. Ruiz mentored new
Marines, observed depot staff and hosted a symposium for senior leadership of Marine Corps
Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy
Morales)