Evans was assigned to Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment. Evans’ cause of death remains under investigation.

In 2018, a judge dismissed a lawsuit from the family of Raheel Siddiqui, a 20-year-old recruit from Michigan who killed himself in 2016 after a confrontation with a Parris Island drill instructor.

The issue of hazing and abuse at Parris Island surfaced on March 18, when a 20-year-old recruit with Pakistani roots — Raheel Siddiqui of Taylor, Michigan — died after leaping from a stairwell ...

A Parris Island drill instructor goes on trial Monday in a military court two years after the Marines say his failures led to the death of a recruit during his final hours of training on a hot day at ...

Recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the confidence course on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 2, 2023. The confidence course consists of multiple ...

Mar 28, 2025 Recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, execute the Battle of Fallujah event during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island S.C., March 20, 2025. The ...

The deactivation of the 4th Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island in 2023 marked the end of an era for female Marine training. Reflecting on its legacy, Marines honored the battalion’s ...

In fiscal 2024, according to Maj. Hector Infante, a spokesman for Marine Corps Training and Education Command, the service sent 1,471 female recruits to train at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris ...

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, run up the final hill of the Reaper, a Crucible event, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 21, 2023.