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The United States Marine Corps Crucible is the final test in phase two of Marine Corps recruit training. There are three phases of recruit training before becoming a United States Marine. Designed to emphasize the importance of teamwork in overcoming adversity, the Crucible is a rigorous 54-hour field training exercise demanding the application of everything a recruit has learned until that point in recruit training. Throughout the Crucible, recruits are faced with continuous physical and mental challenges that must be accomplished before advancing further. Image File history File links USMC_logo. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The United States Football team sometimes know as Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military, within the United States Department of the Navy responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Team building. ... The term Exercise can refer to: Physical exercise such as running or strength training Exercise (options), the financial term for enacting and terminating a contract Category: ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Mind (disambiguation). ...

During the Crucible recruits are only given two or three field ration packs (MRE) each and only allowed eight hours of sleep — four hours each night, unless given extra night duties such as firewatch. Depriving the recruits of sleep and food simulates the stress of the battlefield. Initially, it may seem like an impossible task to complete. However, compared to real combat, the Crucible is much less stressful. At MCRD Parris Island, the final crucible event is a ten mile march, also called "hump", in full combat gear. At MCRD San Diego, the final crucible event is a ten mile march that culminates in humping up a large steep hill dubbed "The Reaper". During these humps, recruits are continuously given orders such as "AT&T" where they must sound off shouting "reach out and touch someone" as they touch the recruit in from of them, or "Tigher" where they must sound off shouting "Tigher Aye Aye Sir" and get closer to the recruit in front of them. The recruits in the back of the platoon get shafted as they experience the accordian affect. An MRE packet, containing a main course or entrée of spaghetti with meat sauce. ... Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is an 8,500 acre military installation near Beaufort, South Carolina tasked with the training of enlisted Marines. ... Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is a United States military installation in San Diego, California. ...

Some of the challenges encountered during the Crucible are various team and individual obstacle courses, day and night assault courses, land navigation courses, individual rushes up steep hills, platoon sized MCMAP challenges, and countless patrols to and from each of these. The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) is a system developed by the United States Marine Corps to combine existing and new hand to hand and close combat techniques with morale and team-building functions and instruction in what the Marine Corps calls the Warrior Ethos. ...

After returning from the ten mile "hump", the recruits are treated to a "warrior's breakfast" and will be faced with phase three of recruit training, followed by the graduation ceremony where they will then be formally recognized as Marines. Academic procession during the University of Canterbury graduation ceremony. ...

External links

• "The Crucible", U.S. Marine Corps. (Retrieved on 2006-06-20.)
• Garamone, Jim (14 January 2003). "The Crucible". Rite of Passage: Making Basic Training Tougher. Armed Forces Press Service, United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2006 June 20.