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 ...

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 ...