Although female recruits have trained at Parris Island since 1949, gender-integrated companies didn't emerge until 2019. Narrator: The day before, recruits from the gender-integrated Hotel Company assemble in front of their barracks for a briefing. Narrator: The Crucible occurs in week 11 of the Marine Corps' 13-week boot camp. Narrator: Insider spent four days at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina, to chronicle one company taking on the challenge - the last step before officially becoming Marines. Narrator: It's part of their final test at boot camp, known as the Crucible, a 54-hour event that all recruits must complete.ĭrill instructor: Fox, you're breaking down. You sweat more in training so you bleed less in combat. James Cimino: It's not a comfortable thing to carry someone on your back and drag them through the mud.
Narrator: And his fellow recruits have to drag him, inch by inch, to safety. Narrator: He's playing the role of a wounded Marine during a simulated casualty evacuation.ĭrill instructor: All of you crawl faster now!
Narrator: This Marine Corps recruit isn't actually injured. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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