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Recruits learn marksmanship fundamentals and must qualify with the M16 rifle to graduate. United States Marine Corps Recruit Training (commonly known as "boot camp") is a 13-week program, including in & out-processing, of recruit training that each recruit must successfully complete in order to serve in the United States Marine Corps.
A U.S. Marine Corps Drill Instructor works with enlistees, or individuals who have not left yet for recruit training. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kate Busto/Released. The United States Marine Corps Recruit Depots are located at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California
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And so they [the Marines] let me go to the boot camp," said Williams. Katt Williams at a film premiere in Los Angeles in 2017. / Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
The recruits came at a trot down the Boulevard de France at the storied Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., shouting cadence from their precise parade ranks. Parents gathered on the sidewalks pressed forward, brandishing cameras and flags, yelling the names of the sons and daughters they hadn’t seen in three months.
But the Wehr brothers are not the first triplets to go through boot camp and graduate from the 105-year-old Parris Island. The DeLancey triplets of West Leechburg, Pa. — Robert, Mark and Ed ...
On December 1, 1921, the base was formally commissioned as the Marine Advanced Expeditionary Base San Diego. In 1923, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot for the west coast was relocated to the new base in San Diego from Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. On March 1, 1924, the base became officially the Marine Corps Base San Diego.
Sgt. Dylan Gillenkirk, left, instructs Trent Williams, 12, to shoot out his right arm as he rappels down the 48-foot wall on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, at Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island.