Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina ~ 18 FEB 2014
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

Posted on 02/17/2014 5:59:40 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska

 
 

~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.

pimuseum

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!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

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

 

 



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; roadtrip; troopsupport
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-113 last
To: Kathy in Alaska; txradioguy; beachn4fun; StarCMC; Lady Jag; laurenmarlowe; tomkow6; GodBlessUSA; ...











Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. A bit cooler here with my digital showing 60º, but will warm close to 80 later.





101 posted on 02/18/2014 5:56:13 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 88 | View Replies]

To: Dust in the Wind
Don’t know if or when he will remember to write or call his mother. At 21 he may be more interested in his ‘honey’ in Louisiana. 8^) He is a good young man.

Yeah, it's hard when mom becomes the second woman. LOL

Actually, they keep them so busy they usually don't have time. At some point, THEY make them write home.

102 posted on 02/18/2014 5:56:55 AM PST by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 98 | View Replies]

To: beachn4fun; laurenmarlowe; MEG33; LUV W; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; fatima

Good morning ladies and (((HUGS))).


103 posted on 02/18/2014 5:59:34 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 92 | View Replies]

To: Kathy in Alaska; y'all; Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; ConorMacNessa; HiJinx; ...

Goooood mornin', Early Birds!
This is my I-slept-through-the-alarm face!
Now if I could just get the other eye to open!
It's gonna be 84 today.
I'm not ready for AC weather!
Oh, well...it IS the desert!
Y'all have a Terrific Tuesday! :)
(((hugs)))

104 posted on 02/18/2014 6:00:49 AM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 88 | View Replies]

To: Kathy in Alaska

We spent the day at Paris Island in September. It is a beautiful island.

The museum was nice with articles from all the wars and not so wars where Marines have deployed.

The grounds are immaculate. It seems a little sterile. The buildings and the various training areas resemble college athletic practice grounds rather than those for the finest fighting force in the world.


105 posted on 02/18/2014 6:02:25 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kathy in Alaska

Cute froggies! Much too happy for early morning. LOL!

Have a great day, Kathy!


106 posted on 02/18/2014 6:16:22 AM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 88 | View Replies]

To: Kathy in Alaska

Nothing says, “Welcome to Hell!!” like chiggers in the sand in South Carolina. The boot camp part is the less annoying part I bet.


107 posted on 02/18/2014 6:32:25 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LUV W

((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?


108 posted on 02/18/2014 6:44:07 AM PST by E.G.C.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 104 | View Replies]

To: CodeToad
Nothing says, “Welcome to Hell!!” like chiggers in the sand in South Carolina.

We called them sand fleas.

They crawled all over you - in the ears, eyes, nose, down your collar and up your cuffs.

And you dare not swat, move, twitch, snort, blow or blink.

And only God could help you if the D.I. caught killing one!!!


109 posted on 02/18/2014 7:03:31 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria (& Eric Holder))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 107 | View Replies]

To: LUV W
Good afternoon, Luv!

*HUGS*

We're finally out of the deep-freeze here! How are things going with you?


America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

EAGLES UP! Once more unto the breach, my friends, once more!

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)

110 posted on 02/18/2014 10:22:49 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 104 | View Replies]

To: beachn4fun
Ready indeed, Beachy!


America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

EAGLES UP! Once more unto the breach, my friends, once more!

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)

111 posted on 02/18/2014 10:24:17 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 97 | View Replies]

To: ConorMacNessa

Hi, conor! (((Hugs)))

Things are going well. It was 85 here today. Had the AC on in the car driving home. Hope you get some good weather soon!


112 posted on 02/18/2014 3:28:07 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 110 | View Replies]

To: beachn4fun

Thanks for the info. DSL modem has been out...


113 posted on 02/20/2014 6:52:56 PM PST by Dust in the Wind (U S Troops Rock)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 102 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-113 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson