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    Recruits endure Crucible on Parris Island to become Marines [Image 2 of 3]

    Recruits endure Crucible on Parris Island to become Marines

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    08.23.2013

    Photo by Pfc. Vaniah Temple 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Matthew Byrd, left, competes in a pugil stick match with Rct. Joshua Elsmo, both with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, on Aug. 22, 2013, during the Crucible on Parris Island S.C. The Crucible is the 54-hour culminating event of Marine Corps recruit training. During this time, recruits are often pushed past their physical and mental limits as they reach toward the title of Marine. Byrd, with Platoon 2064, a 21-year-old native of Raleigh, N.C., and Elsmo, with Platoon 2065, a 19-year-old native of Stafford, Va., are scheduled to graduate Aug. 30, 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 for females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Pfc. Vaniah Temple)

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    Date Taken: 08.23.2013
    Date Posted: 09.23.2013 10:09
    Photo ID: 1023939
    VIRIN: 130823-M-LQ078-475
    Resolution: 3456x2304
    Size: 2.41 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: RALEIGH, NC, US
    Hometown: STAFFORD, VA, US

    Web Views: 164
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