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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits tumble through Parris Island obstacle course [Image 8 of 10]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits tumble through Parris Island obstacle course

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    03.19.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Alexander Whitson, Platoon 3026, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, struggles up a rope on an obstacle course March 19, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. The course is used to condition recruits mentally and physically and was designed to improve their balance, coordination and physical strength while exposing them to the types of obstacles they may face in a battle zone. Whitson, 20, from Chapel Hill, N.C., 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: 03.19.2014
    Date Posted: 03.26.2014 18:33
    Photo ID: 1198198
    VIRIN: 140319-M-FS592-436
    Resolution: 3840x5760
    Size: 4.4 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: CHAPEL HILL, NC, US

    Web Views: 234
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