FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S Carolina ~ 23 JULY 2013

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is an 8,095 acre military installation near Beaufort, South Carolina tasked with the training of enlisted Marines. Male recruits living east of the Mississippi River and female recruits from all over the United States report here to receive their initial training. Male recruits living west of the Mississippi River receive their training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, but may train at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island by special request.

Parris Island is located in the southeastern corner of South Carolina’s Low Country within Beaufort County, 70 miles south of Charleston and 45 miles north of Savannah, Georgia. Its 8,095 acres (of which 3,263 are habitable) are picturesque.

The island is named after Alexander Parris, a descendant of English colonists who purchased the island and eight small surrounding islands in 1715. Marines were first stationed here in 1891 in the form of a small security detachment that guarded a U.S. Navy coaling station. Parris Island was established as a Recruit Depot on 1 November 1915 and has continued to train recruits ever since.

Initial training for those enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, also referred to as boot camp, includes a thirteen week process during which the recruit becomes cut off from the civilian world and must adapt to a Marine Corps lifestyle. During training, the drill instructors train recruits in a wide variety of subjects including weapons training, Marine Corps Martial Arts, formation drilling, and Marine Corps history.

The training emphasizes physical fitness and recruits must attain a minimum standard of fitness to graduate. This standard includes a PFT (Physical Fitness Test) that consists of a three-mile (5 km) run, pull-ups and crunches. Recruits must also meet minimum combat-oriented swimming qualifications, qualify in rifle marksmanship with the M16A2 service rifle, and pass a 54-hour simulated combat exercise known as "The Crucible".

In addition to the enlisted recruiting mission, the Eastern Recruiting Region is responsible for the accession of over 1,200 new officers through the Platoon Leadership Course, Officer Candidate Class and the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship program. Furthermore, the ERR is responsible to MCRC for maintaining all Marine Corps quality standards as they pertain to new accessions. In October 2003, the ERR received the additional mission of conducting Prior Service Recruiting in the eastern United States. The Prior Service Recruiters are responsible for joining over 1,900 former Marines to selected Marine Corps Reserve Units each year.

The recruiting mission mirrors the mission of Marines everywhere - to locate, close with and enlist young men and women of character to fill the ranks of the 21st Century Marine Corps. Recruiting qualified young men and women of character is the lifeblood of the Corps. It is the foundation for all the Marine Corps does to “Make Marines, Win Battles, and Return Quality Citizens to Society.”

In 2007, ERR enlisted and shipped 19,500 new recruits to Parris Island. This was over 1,300 more recruits than were shipped the previous year. This trend of increasing the annual ship mission will continue for the next few years as the Marine Corps
continues to grow the force to 202,000 in order to support the Commandant’s guidance. In addition to the increasing missions, ERR is also growing the size of its recruiting force.

Forming the bedrock of any Marine’s character are the Core Values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment. These values are incorporated into every aspect of Recruit Training and result in basically-trained Marines who will be better citizens when they return to their local communities upon the completion of their service to this country.

Learn More About MCRD Parris Island Here!

The Depot is home to the Marine Corps' first Command Museum, the Parris Island Museum. Thanks to the efforts of then Commanding General Robert H. Barrow, under the authority of the Marine Corps History and Museum Division, the museum was dedicated on 8 January 1975 by Commandant of the Marine Corps, Robert E. Cushman, Jr.

Today, the museum's over 8,000 square feet of exhibit galleries serves as a focal point for assisting in the training of recruits about the long and honored history and traditions of the Marine Corps. Marine families, veterans, and the general public will also find inspiration from the stories told through artifacts and images of Marines who served our nation during some of our most challenging times.

Learn More About The Parris Island Museum Here!

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We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy tet68, thanks for your service to our Country.

Simply cannot imagine the depth of the feelings a recruit and soldier goes through, you all are true heroes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Gee, I wonder how you got that job. LOL!

Any qualifications? *snicker*

I am so jealous looking at that wonderful sailing ship.

[tet68]

Thank you.
I’ll admit there were times when I thought I’d made a mistake but those were in the beginning and once you
get the hang of things it gets easier....somewhat.
They do it on purpose, they take everything away
then they give you back bit by bit, the Marine Corps.

Oooorah!

[laurenmarlowe]

No qualifications whatsoever, just a very generous son, and really darned lucky. :o)

Sailing at 1:00 pm EDT tomorrow, will think about y’all dearly.

Take care, and have an awesome week!

*HUGS*

[ConorMacNessa]

Lauren - are you on the Right Coast now?

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[iontheball]

I’ll never forget my drill sergeant in Officer Candidate School at Quantico who promptly put the fear of God into us newly arrived recruit misfits by threatening us with the pronouncement that there were only three ways we were going to leave OCS: In a pine box, direct flight to PI for failing OCS, or graduating and being commissioned. Two classmates left in pine boxes, one swallowed a can of Brasso and the other stood on the railway tracks and got run over. One guy cheated by stuffing newspapers in his backpack instead of packing his 782 gear for a 10 miler and got caught. He was shipped directly to PI. As OCS candidates, we believed, whether it was true or not, that PI was the most demanding of all places for Marine training./p>

[luvie]

There Is A Beautiful
Full Moon Out There Tonight!



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Barry Manilow~Moonlight Serenade.wma

Paul Hardcastle~Midnight Moon

Mannheim Steamroller~Midnight On A Full Moon

Michael Buble~Moondance.wma

Frank Sinatra~Fly Me To The Moon

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ChildOfThe60s. We thank your father for his service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Drooling....have a wonderful sail.

I’m going home....maybe to sulk. LOL!

Really I have homework.

[luvie]

A boy!! How happy is that...and he is definitely gonna be rotten! LOL!

One of these days, I’m gonna be on that schooner! It would be soooo fun! I hope you have had good weather for sailing. :)

[laurenmarlowe]

I am! And I hope to get back your way sometime late August-early September.

Sure would like to visit with you again, so will keep you posted!

[left that other site]

Good Evening, Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

[The Mayor]

Thank you Kathy!

[left that other site]

Thank You fort posting this, Publius!

[luvie]

Howdy there! :)

((((hugs))))

[left that other site]

Thanks! All hugs gratefully accepted, as I am having a bit of the Blues this evening.

[luvie]

Aww...then you need a...

[left that other site]

Aw...thanks! I needed that!

(((HUGS))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

I looked out late last night and there it was, big and round and really cool. Hopefully I can see it again tonight.

Is it still relatively cool at your house? Any more rain?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, blue ML...(((HUGS)))