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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits march toward graduation from Parris Island [Image 2 of 9]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits march toward graduation from Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    09.04.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Gunnery Sgt. Nathaniel Keller, one of four drillmasters, grades a platoon on a drill movement Sept. 4, 2013, during the final drill evaluation for Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, on Parris Island, S.C. A drillmaster is an expert on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual. Close-order drill is used throughout recruit training as a way to instill discipline, confidence and teamwork. Keller is a 35-year-old native of Greenville, S.C. Delta 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 Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)

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    Date Taken: 09.04.2013
    Date Posted: 09.05.2013 16:38
    Photo ID: 1010746
    VIRIN: 130904-M-PG802-008
    Resolution: 3285x2592
    Size: 1.71 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: GREENVILLE, SC, US

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