A homeless teen from Lexington was arrested for stealing food from a grocery store earlier in January. He joined the marines and has since changed his life.

Many Marines’ introduction to them came after they stepped on the yellow footprints at recruiting depots in Parris Island, S.C., and San Diego.

BECOMING A MARINE IS A GRUELING 13-WEEK PROCESS .. AND BEAUFORT JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE THE HOME OF PARRIS ISLAND .. WHICH IS THE LARGEST MARINE TRAINING DEPOT IN THE U-S. ON THIS WEEK'S 'VOICES OF ...

Parris Island makes about 19,000 new Marines each fiscal year. “The experience of standing on those yellow footprints and understanding what a recruit goes through, my heart was racing for a ...

Parris Island makes about 19,000 new Marines each fiscal year. “The experience of standing on those yellow footprints and understanding what a recruit goes through, my heart was racing for a ...

For boot camp, Marines will go to one of two places; San Diego, California or Parris Island. The recruits are greeted immediately by drill instructors at the, "Yellow Footprints", where they then head ...

Stepping out onto yellow footprints, ... For Parris Island recruits, Gentry said, the colder the better. “If I could give anybody advice, I’d tell them to go in the wintertime,” Gentry said.

When he arrived by bus at Parris Island Wednesday evening, he was greeted by screaming drill instructors as he stood on the famous yellow footprints, a rite of passage for all recruits.

Marine recruits rush onto the famous yellow footprints on Parris Island. (Sgt. Jennifer Schubert/Marine Corps) Claim: The U.S. military is planning to reinstitute the draft. AP’s Assessment ...

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (WTOC) - History will be made on Thursday on Parris Island as the Marine Corps deactivates its Fourth Recruit Training Battalion. Until 2021, it was the sole place women wanting to ...