Marine Corps Rct. Kenley McLeoud with platoon 3009, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, reads a mission statement during a portion of the Crucible at Paige Field on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, , February 1, 2018. The Crucible is a fifty-four hour culminating event that requires recruits to work as a team, and overcome challenges in order to earn the title United States Marine. ( Marine Corps

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