Sgt. Donald White Jr., a drill instructor for Platoon 1033, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, sings cadence as his recruits march during their introduction to close-order drill March 11, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. White, a 26-year-old from El Cajon, Calif., and his fellow drill instructors will spend nearly three months teaching their recruits drill movements and how to move and work as a team. With time and practice, the recruits will transform from clusters of clumsy individuals to confident, harmonious platoons. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate May 30, 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. Octavia Davis)
Date Taken: | 03.11.2014 |
Date Posted: | 03.24.2014 13:37 |
Photo ID: | 1193523 |
VIRIN: | 140311-M-RV272-526 |
Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
Size: | 5.66 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
Hometown: | EL CAJON, CA, US |
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