Graduation Dates USMC Marine Corps Boot Camp

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)

Graduation Shirts: Semper Family!

Wear our family shirts to graduation! You choose affiliation. You can also choose battalion colors for graduation: Red for 1st, Yellow for 2nd, and Blue for 3rd. Wear these shirts for graduation and for the entire time your Marine is in the Corps!

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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.

• Have a Poolee that has not gone to boot camp yet? Join the Official MarineParents.com Poolee Group.
• Para los familiares de habla hispana clic Recruit Parents en Español.

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 group for your recruit's company two days prior to the ship date. Please allow up to 24 hours for your membership to the Marine Parents Community Network to be approved.

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 group for your recruit's company two days prior to the ship date. Please allow up to 24 hours for your membership to the Marine Parents Community Network to be approved.

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