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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits complete combat fitness test on Parris Island [Image 6 of 13]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits complete combat fitness test on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    08.27.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Staff Sgt. Kellee Marchiano, senior drill instructor of Platoon 4030, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, encourages a recruit to push past her muscle fatigue while lifting 30-pound ammunition cans during a combat fitness test Aug. 27, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. The test, which simulates a wide range of physical challenges one might face in combat, evaluates strength, stamina, agility and coordination. The test is a graduation requirement and an annual training event for all Marines. Marchiano is a 28-year-old Ramsey, N.J., native. Papa Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 13, 2013. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)

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    Date Taken: 08.27.2013
    Date Posted: 09.05.2013 17:00
    Photo ID: 1010721
    VIRIN: 130827-M-FS592-106
    Resolution: 2712x1824
    Size: 1.93 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: RAMSEY, NJ, US

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