This video documents the initial days of Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, including receiving, medical screenings, processing, and introduction to drill instructors.

This “boot camp” is designed to give school-age children a glimpse of life as an enlisted Marine while simultaneously emphasizing the importance of community. In another sense, the event also helped ...

Pvt. Paul Douglas, age 50, performs a rifle inspection with his drill instructor aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot S.C., 1942. Douglas, at age 50 was the oldest recruit in the history of Parris Island ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel will be posted outside the Marine Corps base. (Lance Cpl. William Horsley/Marine Corps) Citing “increased force protection measures,” visitors to boot ...