Marine Corps Recruit Jared Yount, a recruit with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, provides security while his fellow recruits complete a low crawl challenge on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Jan. 26, 2022. Yount was participating in the crucible; the 54-hour long culminating event of recruit training. The crucible challenges all the skills a recruit has acquired throughout their time in recruit training. Once recruits complete the crucible, they will have earned the title “United States Marine.” Yount was recruited out of Dallas, Texas with Recruiting Station Cleburne. (


Marine Corps Recruit Jared Yount, a recruit with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, provides security while his fellow recruits complete a low crawl challenge on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Jan. 26, 2022. Yount was participating in the crucible; the 54-hour long culminating event of recruit training. The crucible challenges all the skills a recruit has acquired throughout their time in recruit training. Once recruits complete the crucible, they will have earned the title “United States Marine.” Yount was recruited out of Dallas, Texas with Recruiting Station Cleburne. ( Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Christopher Madero)


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