At 1000 today, over 600 new Marines graduated off of Peatross parade deck here on Parris Island. I had the honor of being the Senior Drill Drill Instructor for 87 of them (98 originally).
All the talk of generations being weaker and so on is really lost on me here on this island. These boys came to train, and left as men.
Now for two weeks of relaxation and then back on the grind.