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    Parris Island drill instructors commemorate 9/11 with 3,000 burpees

    Parris Island drill instructors commemorate 9/11 with 3,000 burpees

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    09.11.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    A handful of 3rd Recruit Training Battalion drill instructors honored the lives lost Sept. 11, 2001, by completing a combined 3,000 burpees in 12 hours on the 13th anniversary of the tragedy. “The idea behind doing 3,000 burpees in a day is to commemorate every single life that was lost on 9/11,” said Staff Sgt. Michael Croft, who thought of the homage. “There were 2,977 casualties that day, so we just rounded it up to 3,000. [Burpees] are painful, and for all those that lost their lives, we can go through a little pain. This is something we’d like to continue throughout the years. It helps everyone remember and builds unit camaraderie,” said Croft, a chief drill instructor for India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion.

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    Date Taken: 09.11.2014
    Date Posted: 09.11.2014 17:16
    Photo ID: 1545013
    VIRIN: 140911-M-FS592-668
    Resolution: 3570x2677
    Size: 2.53 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US

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