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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.
Parris Island is a district of the city of Port Royal, South Carolina on an island of the same name. It became part of the city with the annexation of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on October 11, 2002.
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Since 1949, Parris Island, a palm tree-covered, bug-infested island on the coast of South Carolina known for its hellish heat and humidity, was the only place in the country where women could ...
Holly Williams, right, mother of Trent, talks with a drill instructor during her son’s training on the Day Movement Course on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, at Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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.
He spent 13 months training and preparing for his dream job, and he even had a neck tattoo removed just to be able to go to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island in South Carolina.
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