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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits foster warrior ethos during pugil stick training on Parris Island [Image 2 of 11]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits foster warrior ethos during pugil stick training on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    03.10.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Recruits of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, watch their fellow recruits fight with pugil sticks as they await their turn March 10, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits fight with pugil sticks, which represent rifles with fixed bayonets, to simulate a close encounter with an enemy. Bayonet training is part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, which combines hand-to-hand combat skills with mental discipline and character development to help transform recruits into Marines. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate May 23, 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: 03.10.2014
    Date Posted: 03.20.2014 20:23
    Photo ID: 1191702
    VIRIN: 140310-M-FS592-329
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 7.26 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US

    Web Views: 299
    Downloads: 9

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