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Video by Lance Cpl. Devon Burton
Crucible 12K Hike
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island
Dec. 6, 2016 | 5:41
U.S. Marine Corps Recruits with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, undergo a 12 kilometer (k) hike during the Crucible aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Dec. 3, 2016. Hikes like the: 5k, 8k, 10k, 12k, and final 15k crucible hike are meant to simulate troop movements with a combat load. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Devon A. Burton/Released)
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