US Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (Parris Island, SC)

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Depot Theater On May 4, 1956, the Recruit Training Command was or- ganized under the direction of Brigadier General Wallace M. Greene, Jr. In April, 1958, this unit was re-designated the Recruit Training Regiment. It controls all activities dealing with the training of male recruits. COMMANDS The Recruit Training Regiment is composed of the First, Second and Third Recruit Training Battalions, and Weapons Training Battalion. On February 15, 1949, a separate battalion was activated for the sole purpose of training Women Marine recruits. This battalion has since been designated Women Marine Recruit Training Battalion and is the only such battalion in existence. All support units and schools come under the command of Headquarters and Service Battalion. In addition to recruit training Parris Island has 3 Drill In- structors School, Recruiters School, Field Music School, Administration School and Sergeants Major School. Parris Island,s progress has been chiefly along military lines but, in keeping pace with advances in the art of train- ing recruits, the island has grown from a desolate stretch of wasteland to one of the most efficient and picturesque mili- tary reservations in the world. Today the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, stands proud of its heritage, pleased with its accomplishments and responsive to the Challenges of the future. Displays in the War Memorial Building

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