Recruits with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, conduct initial drill on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Mar. 20, 2023. Close order drill, an essential element of recruit training, is a measure of discipline in recruits and serves to instill unit cohesion and bearing into them. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. William Horsley) | Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.

Recruits of Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, gained confidence in their abilities to don and clear a gas mask Sept. 27, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits learn the basics of how to operate in a chemically contaminated environment. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Nov. 18, 2016. (Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren) | Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.

We couldn’t reestablish the live feed and had to record the rest of the turning green ceremony. | Alpha Company, 2-58 Infantry Battalion