U.S. Marine Corps recruits from Alpha Company move under an obstacle during a night training event at The Crucible, Sept. 12, 2014, at Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.U.S. Air Force photo ...

The Marine Corps Crucible. Rct. Justin Moore throws a punch during a sparring match with Rct. Carlos Gonzalez, both with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, ...

The final challenge of recruit training at US Marine Corps Parris Island in Beaufort County, SC, is known as the Crucible and is a mental and physical test.

Item 1 of 5 Recruits from U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Lima Company, participate in the grueling crucible training as they become the first ever women Marines trained at Camp ...

After 19-year-old Dalton Beals died during “Crucible” training at the Marines’ Parris Island facility in South Carolina, his mom, Stacie Beals, speaks out on the corps’ new … ...

Right now, the Crucible is scheduled near the end of the 13 weeks of boot camp. Recruits go through a grueling 54 hours of combat exercises, after which they officially become Marines when they ...

The IED lane is one of several trials recruits Marines-to-be endure as part of the final three-day Crucible, boot camp’s test of the skills and values learned during boot camp.

In this powerful firsthand account, a U.S. Marine shares what it was like to lead troops during two of WWII’s fiercest Pacific battles — Peleliu and Okinawa. A raw and unforgettable perspective on ...

The Marine Corps identified a recruit who died Friday during the culminating "Crucible" event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Pfc. Dalton Beals, 19, died during the ...

For all Marine recruits, completing the Crucible is the final step of recruit training and the moment when they know they can call themselves Marines. Christensen is now the 7th in his family to ...

A US Marines recruit from South Jersey who was set to graduate from boot camp in a few days died during a grueling 54-hour rite of passage known as “The Crucible.” Pfc. Dalton Beals, of ...

Death came during Crucible Parris Island trains 19,000 marines a year. Beals was assigned to Platoon 2040 in Company E after arriving at Parris Island on March 12, 2021.