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Video by Lance Cpl. Jordy Morales

Charlie Company Crucible

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island

March 27, 2025 | 1:24

U.S. Marine recruits with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the Crucible, aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 27, 2025. The Crucible is the culminating event of recruit training in which recruits must endure a 54-hour field training exercise that tests everything they have learned over the past three months, overcoming obstacles and working together as a team in order to complete various missions. ( U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales)