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...
