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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits learn unit cohesion, discipline through close-order drill on Parris Island [Image 4 of 9]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits learn unit cohesion, discipline through close-order drill on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    09.02.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Sgt. Johnathan Brooks, a drill instructor for Platoon 3081, Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, reviews a drill card Sept. 2, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Drill cards list the sequence of movements recruits must perform. Drill instructors such as Brooks, 28, from Scottsbluff, Neb., spend four weeks attempting to refine basic movements and a sense of unity in recruits prior to being evaluated for the first time. Close-order drill helps transform recruits into Marines by developing teamwork and unit cohesion while instilling discipline by teaching habits of precision and immediate response to orders. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 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. Caitlin Brink)

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    Date Taken: 09.02.2014
    Date Posted: 09.15.2014 14:04
    Photo ID: 1550144
    VIRIN: 140915-M-FS592-161
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 6.77 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: SCOTTSBLUFF, NE, US

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