Fresh recruits are then marched through two silver doors, called hatches, at the receiving barracks. They are the symbolic threshold between the outside world and Parris Island. To walk through ...

The recruit arrived at Parris Island, S.C., on Oct. 24 and was undergoing ... medical screenings and paperwork called “receiving.” During receiving, there is minimal training and the recruits ...

Michael Brown — took over those jobs in July, according to the Parris Island website ... which was displayed in recruit training barracks as part of the base’s chain of command.

Inside Recruit Receiving, it is a few minutes past 3 a.m. Marines stand or sit in the lobby near a long stainless steel counter, waiting for new recruits. Each time the phone rings, Sgt. Rocky Mald… ...

Parris Island and Navy officials celebrated the unveiling Friday of an $85 million barracks complex and a $21 million dining hall across the street from the barracks. The barracks will house the ...

But a source confirmed to Military.com this week that the recruit had jumped from the receiving ... third floor of a barracks building after beginning training with Parris Island's 3rd Recruit ...

when 20-year-old Raheel Siddiqui died after apparently jumping from the third-floor stairwell of a barracks building just days after arriving at Parris Island. Siddiqui's death led to an ...