Graduation Dates USMC Marine Corps Boot Camp

San Diego Moto Run

Marines of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, run in formation during their motivation run at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, August 6, 2015. After these Marines complete the run, they will spend the rest of their afternoon with their families, friends and loved ones during on-base liberty. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi River are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually.
—(USMC image/released)

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Graduation Dates

Boot camp graduations are usually on Fridays. Sometimes, due to holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the Marine Corps Birthday, graduation will be on a Wednesday. If that is the case the USMC schedule will indicate the alternate family day and graduation dates. Parris Island and San Diego DO NOT necessarily follow the same schedules when there are changes.

Graduation and ship dates are kept up-to-date on this page, barring any delays by the Marine Corps. We encourage you to join your recruit's graduation group on MPCN, the Marine Parents Community Network. It is a great place for you to connect with other families who have recruits going through boot camp with your son or daughter. Click on the link beside your recruit's graduation date to locate the group on MPCN. You can join the community at ConnectAndShare.com.

Official MarineParents.com Boot Camp Groups

Looking for boot camp groups by graduation dates? We have a place to connect and share with other family members who have a recruit in Marine Corps boot camp. See the links below for our Marine Parents Community Network (MPCN) graduation groups.

MPCN: Marine Parents Community Network

We have moved our groups to MPCN. Please join the Marine Parents community at MPCN: ConnectAndShare.com to find your recruit's boot camp group!

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San Diego 2025 Ship and Graduation Dates

If you don't see your recruit's ship/graduation date, you will want to join the Poolee group first. You will be approved to join the Recruit Training group two weeks prior to the ship date. Be sure to answer all three questions when requesting to join. Membership requests are reviewed every 12 hours.

(NOTE: On smaller devices, slide table below to the right to see complete information)
Ship Date Battalion Company Family Day-Graduation MPCN Group
July 7, 2025
2nd RTBN
(Yellow)
Fox October 3, 2025 2nd RTBN Fox Co
July 14, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
Lima October 10, 2025 3rd RTBN Lima Co
July 21, 2025
1st RTBN
(Red)
Bravo October 17, 2025 1st RTBN Bravo Co
July 28, 2025
2nd RTBN
(Yellow)
Echo October 24, 2025 2nd RTBN Echo Co
August 4, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
India October 31, 2025 3rd RTBN India Co
August 11, 2025
1st RTBN
(Red)
Delta November 7, 2025 1st RTBN Delta Co
August 18, 2025
2nd RTBN
(Yellow)
Hotel November 14, 2025 2nd RTBN Hotel Co
August 25, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
Mike November 21, 2025 3rd RTBN Mike Co
September 2, 2025
1st RTBN
(Red)
Alpha November 25, 2025 1st RTBN Alpha Co
September 8, 2025
2nd RTBN
(Yellow)
Golf December 5, 2025 2nd RTBN Golf Co
September 15, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
Kilo December 12, 2025 3rd RTBN Kilo Co

Parris Island 2025 Ship and Graduation Dates

If you don't see your recruit's ship/graduation date, you will want to join the Poolee group first. You will be approved to join the Recruit Training group two weeks prior to the ship date. Be sure to answer all three questions when requesting to join. Membership requests are reviewed every 12 hours.

(NOTE: On smaller devices, slide table below to the right to see complete information. For family members with female recruits, please also join male recruit company Facebook group with the same graduation date.)
Ship Date Battalion Company Graduation Official MP Group
July 8, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
November October 3, 2025 3rd RTBN
November Co
July 15, 2025
1st RTBN
(Red)
Alpha October 10, 2025 1st RTBN
Alpha Co
July 21, 2025
2nd RTBN
(Yellow)
Echo October 17, 2025 2nd RTBN
Echo Co
July 29, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
India October 24, 2025 3rd RTBN
India Co
August 5, 2025
1st RTBN
(Red)
Bravo October 31, 2025 1st RTBN
Bravo Co
August 12, 2025
2nd RTBN
(Yellow)
Fox November 7, 2025 2nd RTBN
Fox Co
August 19, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
Kilo November 14, 2025 3rd RTBN
Kilo Co
August 26, 2025
1st RTBN
(Red)
Charlie November 21, 2025 1st RTBN
Charlie Co
September 2, 2025
2nd RTBN
(Yellow)
Golf November 26, 2025 2nd RTBN
Golf Co
September 9, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
Lima December 5, 2025 3rd RTBN
Lima Co
September 16, 2025
1st RTBN
(Red)
Delta December 12, 2025 1st RTBN
Delta Co
October 14, 2025
3rd RTBN
(Blue)
Mike January 9, 2026 3rd RTBN
Mike Co

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