RecruitParents.com Website Map
For help navigating our website, use this map of pages on RecruitParents.com.I couldn't have gone through my son's 13 weeks in boot camp without the support and information right here on this website. I got 13 weeks of education, too. Thank you for teaching me how to be a Marine Parent! Jill from Iowa, Marine Mom, 2007
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Boot Camp Parris Island
- RECEIVING PARRIS ISLAND
(MCRD PI) - Receiving Week
- Yellow Foot Prints
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- Black Friday
- PHASE 3 TRAINING (PI)
- Training Week 8
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- PHASE 4 TRAINING (PI)
- Training Week 11
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- Marine Week
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- WHAT'S AFTER BOOT CAMP
- WAB (What's After Boot) Overview
- WAB 10-Day Leave
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- MORE ABOUT WAB
- WAB Website
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Boot Camp San Diego
- RECEIVING SAN DIEGO
(MCRD SD) - Receiving Week
- Yellow Foot Prints
- First Phone Call
- Black Friday
- PHASE 3 TRAINING (SD)
- Training Week 7
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- Shooting Positions
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- PHASE 4 TRAINING (SD)
- Training Week 10
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- The Crucible
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- WHAT'S AFTER BOOT CAMP
- WAB (What's After Boot) Overview
- WAB 10-Day Leave
- WAB Recruiters Assistance
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- WAB Boots in the House
- MORE ABOUT WAB
- WAB Website
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Graduation & Travel
- GRADUATION PARRIS ISLAND
- Graduation at Parris Island
- MCRD Parris Island
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- WHAT'S AFTER BOOT CAMP
- WAB (What's After Boot) Overview
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- WAB Website
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Red Friday

U.S. Marines with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, graduate recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 26, 2021. Upon graduation the Marines will go to the School of Infantry.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samuel Fletcher/Released 210326-M-LS844-304.JPG