Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot

USA / South Carolina / Port Royal /
 military, United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is an 8,095 acre (32.9 km²) military installation near Beaufort, South Carolina (32°19'44"N, 80°41'41"W) tasked with the training of enlisted Marines. Male recruits living east of the Mississippi River and female recruits from all over the USA report here to receive their initial training.

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is one of the birthplaces of basically trained Marines. It is here where America's young men and women are transformed into Marines. Marines are forged in a furnace of shared hardship and tough training. This shared, intense experience creates bonds of comradeship and standards of conduct so strong that Marines will let nothing stand in their way.

Today, about 19,000 recruits are trained at Parris Island each year. The Recruit Training Regiment is made up of four recruit training battalions and one support battalion. The regiment, along with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, are made up of drill instructors and other Marines who are responsible for training recruits.

Order of battle

Recruit Training Regiment
Recruit Training Regiment
First Recruit Training Battalion
Second Recruit Training Battalion
Third Recruit Training Battalion
Fourth Recruit Training Battalion
Support Battalion

Headquarters & Service Battalion
Weapons & Field Training Battalion

MCRD Parris Island, SC 29905
(843) 228-3710

www.mcrdpi.usmc.mil/
www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/mcrd-parris-is...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_Parris_Island
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   32°19'52"N   80°41'59"W

Comments

  • In San Diego,our Drill Instructers called in CAS and arty on us during the Crucible.If you lived you got to stay in the Marines.If you died they told your parents that you died from a staph infection.But I hear you guys got sand fleas...No no that sounds pretty tough too.
  • this is sooo cool
  • I love the marines.i want to be one
  • Where the most elite soldiers are made. hooray
  • Herpin in the derpbox.
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