Though recruits may come to fear their drill instructors, they are there to help the recruits. The recruits do have an enemy at Parris Island though. Sand fleas are tiny flying insects whose ferocity ...

Parris Island will undergo aerial spraying that targets the sand-flea and mosquito populations on the island, according to a depot news release Monday morning. The spraying is scheduled for either ...

PARRIS ISLAND (WTOC) - The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island has scheduled aerial spraying during the week of May 5-8 in an effort to control sand flea and mosquito populations. Spray ...

what pops into your head when you hear the name 'Parris Island?' Boot camp. Marines. Drill instructors. Sand fleas. Indeed, Parris Island has all those things. But people familiar with this little ...

It's called a sand gnat burial -- sometimes a sand flea burial. But the point is ... Rupertus, is one of the most well-known creeds that all Parris Island recruits learn: This is my rifle.

With nary a word, the visitors had gotten a little taste of Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. The sand flea – actually a gnat – has irritated Marines at Parris Island since 1915 ...

training began as a recruit at Parris Island in February and he graduated in May. “That just is another level of humidity,” he said. Beyond the sand fleas, drill instructors would make ...

Lance Cpl. Kylie Hathaway is one of the few Marines who has hiked San Diego’s hills and battled Parris Island’s sand fleas to earn her Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. Hathaway, 19, began recruit ...

Another day down, only seventy-something left. Sweet dreams! Sara Ohlms spent 13 weeks feeding the sand fleas of Parris Island in the summer of 2012. She then spent the next four years as a ...

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - Only one long ... For one new Marine, however, the marshes, sand fleas and constant hum of recruit training are nothing out of the norm, as this legendary island was once ...