Task & Purpose

initial drill

A screenshot from a Department of Defense Facebook video shows a Marine Corps drill instructor correcting a recruit during an initial drill inspection.

Drill Instructors Terrorize Recruits During Initial Drill Video

Watch drill instructors mercilessly lay into would-be Marines in this video of initial drill.

James Clark

Pfc. Connor Burke, Platoon 1097, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, bellows the Marines’ Hymn after receiving his Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem during a ceremony Dec. 14, 2013, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

Joining the Military

How To Survive The First 4 Weeks Of Marine Boot Camp

A drill instructor walks us through the first four weeks of Marine Corps boot camp.

James Clark