Female Marine recruits go through the same Combat Course during The Marine Corps Crucible. The women must go through the same course as the men during Marine Corps Recruit Training on Parris Island.
The USMC boot camp experience is the same for women as it is for the men.
Training Day 57, the Crucible. The recruits are awakened at 2 am to prepare for their hike to the Crucible. They are only 54 hours away from becoming Marines, but they will be the most difficult 54 hours of their lives.
The Crucible is the defining moment of recruit training. For most, the Crucible will be the first time they reach the limits of their mental=, physical, and emotional endurance. They will know that they are capable of much more than they previously believed.
The Crucible consists of intense, physically demanding training, under conditions of sleep and food deprivation. During this time, recruits will be forged by the furnace of shared hardship and tough training that is the time-tried and battle-proven trademark of Marine Corps recruit training. There will be night forced marches, a tough night infiltration movement, a combat resupply event, a casualty evacuation drill, and combat field firing. Any recruit who quits will not bear the title Marine.
Recruits will encounter unique obstacles, each bearing the name of a heroic Marine from our illustrious history, which can only be negotiated with teamwork. Once each obstacle was named, bringing to light how that individual exemplified our core values... Honor, Courage, Commitment.
The Crucible is the culminating event in recruit training, and in order to become a Marine, all recruits must complete and pass a minimum of 80% of the events. Capping the already tough challenges of the previous two days is a 9 mile march with full packs and all of their personal equipment. It ist he final event designed to see who has what it takes, and all recruits must complete the march to pass, and those that do not pass are recycled or sent home. At the end of the march, the recruits participate in the Emblem Ceremony. This is the moment when the legacy is handed down, they earn the title “Marine,” and the newest Marines are presented with the Corps’ emblem, the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, by their drill instructors.
