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Gunnery Sgt. Julio Mercedes, senior drill instructor of Platoon 1070, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, shouts a command to his platoon during the final drill evaluation Sept. 4, 2013, on the main parade deck on Parris Island, S.C. Mercedes, a 36-year-old native of the Bronx, N.Y., held the noncommissioned officer's sword, which has been in service in the Marine Corps since 1859 and is one of the oldest weapons still used in the United States. Today, the sword is primarily used in drill and ceremonies. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 4, 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)
| Date Taken: | 09.04.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 09.05.2013 16:38 |
| Photo ID: | 1010749 |
| VIRIN: | 130904-M-PG802-054 |
| Resolution: | 2076x3300 |
| Size: | 1.59 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
| Hometown: | BRONX, NY, US |
| Web Views: | 233 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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