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The Ribbon Creek incident occurred on the night of April 8, 1956, when Staff Sergeant Matthew McKeon, a junior drill instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, marched his assigned platoon into Ribbon Creek, a swampy tidal creek. The incident resulted in the deaths of six United States Marine Corps recruits ...
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island (often abbreviated as MCRD PI) is an 8,095-acre (32.76 km 2) military installation located within Port Royal, South Carolina, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Beaufort, the community that is typically associated with the installation.
4th Recruit Training Battalion was a training battalion in the United States Marine Corps at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. The battalion has been responsible for initial training for all female enlisted Marines in the entire Marine Corps since 1986.
The causes of the deaths at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot have not been released and remain under investigation. Loss of 3 Marines in recent weeks at Parris Island is ‘felt deeply within our ...
Beals died June 4, 2021, during the Crucible, a rite-of-passage held during week 10 of recruit training at Parris Island, when recruits march 48 miles over 54 hours carrying up to 45 pounds of ...
It was another hot and humid day at U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Port Royal, S.C. on June 4, 2021. Recruits were gritting it out through combat training that included hiking ...
On the night of 8 April 1956, Staff Sergeant Matthew McKeon, a junior drill instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, marched his assigned platoon into Ribbon Creek, a swampy tidal creek. The incident resulted in the deaths of six Marine recruits. In the end, McKeon was found guilty of negligent homicide and drinking on duty.
Counsel for the Accused Marine Corps Drill Sergeant, by Marie Costello Inserra, 2016 ISBN 978-0-692-59524-4; Court-Martial at Parris Island: The Ribbon Creek Incident (1999) ISBN 1-55750-814-3; The U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis: Ribbon Creek and Recruit Training (1990) ISBN 0-87249-635-X