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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits awarded symbol of transformation on Parris Island [Image 5 of 5]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits awarded symbol of transformation on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    12.07.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Pfc. David Vermette, Platoon 3097, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, admires his Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem Dec. 7, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Vermette, 18, from Suffolk, Va., earned the title Marine after enduring more than 12 weeks of training. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 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: 12.07.2013
    Date Posted: 12.12.2013 18:21
    Photo ID: 1113811
    VIRIN: 131207-M-FS592-073
    Resolution: 3840x5760
    Size: 5.27 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: SUFFOLK, VA, US

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