by Vera Basilone | MCRD Training
U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service Battalion Color Guard stand at parade rest during a morning colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. (Photo by Cpl. Aneshea Yee) Every morning on Marine Corps installations around the world, Marines...
by Vera Basilone | MCRD Training
Platoon 2024, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, gathers for mail call. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Francisco Abundes) by Lance Cpl. Francisco Abundes During the 13 weeks of recruit training, one of the most encouraging moments for recruits is when they open their...
by Vera Basilone | MCRD Training
During Marine Corps recruit training recruits remain isolated from their home environment for most of their 13 weeks on Parris Island. The only link they have with their previous lives arrives in the mail. Recruits Way Back… When my husband...
by Vera Basilone | MCRD Training, Uncategorized
The Parris Island Commissary: A Benefit Worth Protecting Commissaries have long been one of the military’s quiet heroes, grocery stores that sell at cost so service members, retirees, and their families can put quality food on the table no matter where they’re...
