U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, execute a pugil sticks event during the Crucible at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 7, 2025. The Crucible is a 54-hour event where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training to earn the title of United States Marine. The same fighting spirit that led Marines in the battles at Chapultepec, Belleau Wood, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the Chosin Reservoir, Vietnam, Fallujah and Marjah thrives in our Marines today. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Eric Valerio)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Facilities Ms. Brenda M. Johnson-Turner toured Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. Itā€™s her responsibility as the DASN I&F to advise The Honorable Meredith A. Berger, assistant secretary of the Navy, on matters related to things such as military construction, facilities sustainment, and restoration/modernization for all Marine Corps and naval...
