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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits strive for confidence on Parris Island course [Image 8 of 8]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits strive for confidence on Parris Island course

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    02.19.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Megan Marsteller, Platoon 4012, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, checks the distance left to slide down a Confidence Course obstacle Feb. 19, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. The obstacle, on of 15 on the course, required recruits to change positions on the rope three times before reaching the end. Marsteller, 18, from Akron, Ohio, is scheduled to graduate April 25, 2014. 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: 02.19.2014
    Date Posted: 02.26.2014 20:39
    Photo ID: 1175229
    VIRIN: 140219-M-FS592-205
    Resolution: 3840x5760
    Size: 4.68 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: AKRON, OH, US

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