<P> United States Marine Corps Recruit Training ( commonly known as `` boot camp '' ) is a 12 - week program of initial training that each recruit must successfully complete in order to serve in the United States Marine Corps . All enlisted individuals entering the Marine Corps , regardless of eventual active or reserve duty status , will undergo recruit training at one of the two Marine Corps Recruit Depots ( MCRD ) : Parris Island , South Carolina , or San Diego , California . Male recruits from the 8th , 9th and 12th recruiting districts ( areas west of the Mississippi River except Louisiana , and including parts of Illinois , Indiana , Wisconsin and Michigan ) are sent to MCRD San Diego . All recruits from the 1st , 4th and 6th recruiting districts and all female recruits are sent to Parris Island . Those desiring to become officers attend training at Officer Candidates School at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia . </P>
<P> United States Marine Corps Recruit Training ( commonly known as `` boot camp '' ) is a 12 - week program of initial training that each recruit must successfully complete in order to serve in the United States Marine Corps . All enlisted individuals entering the Marine Corps , regardless of eventual active or reserve duty status , will undergo recruit training at one of the two Marine Corps Recruit Depots ( MCRD ) : Parris Island , South Carolina , or San Diego , California . Male recruits from the 8th , 9th and 12th recruiting districts ( areas west of the Mississippi River except Louisiana , and including parts of Illinois , Indiana , Wisconsin and Michigan ) are sent to MCRD San Diego . All recruits from the 1st , 4th and 6th recruiting districts and all female recruits are sent to Parris Island . Those desiring to become officers attend training at Officer Candidates School at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia . </P>
where do you go for marine boot camp
where do you go for marine boot camp
one of the two Marine Corps Recruit Depots ( MCRD ) : Parris Island , South Carolina , or San Diego , California
one of the two Marine Corps Recruit Depots ( MCRD ) : Parris Island , South Carolina , or San Diego , California