Sgt. Calista Cantu, a drill instructor with November Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, instructs recruits as they low crawl as part of the Battle of Fallujah event during the Crucible, on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Sept. 19, 2025. The Crucible is the 54-hour culminating event of recruit training, putting recruits' physical and mental resilience to the ultimate test, before earning the title, United States Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Claudell)

November Company Crucible

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Elijah Moreno, left, from Beaufort, S.C., and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Zion Walthuur, right, from Atlanta, observe flight operations Aug. 27, 2025, on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Three, is underway conducting routine training operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic and relevant training to ensure the readiness necessary to execute the U.S. Navy’s timeless role across the full spectrum of military operations. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Glory Anderson/U.S. Navy

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