USMC Parris Island
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- Size: 1.75''/44mm
- Finish: Solid antique nickel with exquisite 3D high-relief detail
- Enamel finish: Stone polished cloisonné on both obverse/front and reverse/back sides
The Marines train about 17,000 recruits at Parris Island each year. Recruit training for those enlisted in the United States Marine Corps 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 Program, personal hygiene and cleanliness, close order drill, and Marine Corps history. The training emphasizes physical fitness and combat effectiveness. Recruits must attain a minimum standard of fitness to graduate. This standard includes a Physical Fitness Test and a Combat Fitness Test. Recruits must also meet minimum combat-oriented swimming qualifications, qualify in rifle marksmanship with the M16A4 service rifle, pass minimum curriculum standards and complete a 54-hour simulated combat exercise known as "The Crucible".
The obverse depicts the emblem for Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, with the reverse depicting the Yellow Footprints that all recruits are met with outside the receiving building and first stand at proper attention, gaining their first taste of life in the United States Marine Corps.
