A Marine Corps recruit with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion holds his newly earned Eagle, Globe, and Anchor during the Crucible at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 27, 2022. The crucible was a 54- hour long culminating event at recruit training which finalized the transformation from recruit to Marine.

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