Marine Corps recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, are given instructions by Combat Instructor Sgt. Zedrickly Lotich for their next event 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. Zedrickly is a native of Glens Falls, New York. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock)

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