Marine recruits learn basic combat skills on Parris Island [Image 1 of 6]

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

03.18.2014

Photo by Lance Cpl. Vaniah Temple 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Rct. Kevin McDonald provides security as Rct. Steven Hartman goes through an obstacle on a combat training course March 18, 2014, as part of Basic Warrior Training on Parris Island, S.C. While on the course, recruits worked in teams of two or four as they rushed to cover from simulated enemy fire. Basic Warrior Training introduces recruits to basic field skills all Marines must know. The basic combat training recruits receive while on Parris Island will be broadened after boot camp at advanced training in Camp Lejeune, N.C. McDonald, an 18-year-old native of Sellersville, Pa., and Hartman, a 19-year-old native of Edison, N.J., both with Platoon 2029, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, are scheduled to graduate April 11, 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 Lance Cpl. Vaniah Temple)

• Date Taken: 03.18.2014
• Date Posted: 03.24.2014 09:42
• Photo ID: 1193401
• VIRIN: 140318-M-LQ078-014
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 11 MB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US