A Marine Corps recruit with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, posts security during The Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 14, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge and training they’ve learned throughout recruit training to earn the title of United States Marine. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

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