Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion navigate the Crucible on Jan. 15, 2020 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. The Crucible is recruit training’s 54-hour culminating event that involves food and sleep deprivation and myriad events for recruits to complete in order to earn the title United States Marine. Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Tyler Hlavac, Marine Corps
THE CRUCIBLE
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