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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits survive first encounter with Parris Island drill instructors [Image 4 of 6]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits survive first encounter with Parris Island drill instructors

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    09.06.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Drill instructors for Platoon 3092, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, recite the Drill Instructor Pledge on Sept. 6, 2014, before taking charge of the young men they are expected to mold into Marines on Parris Island, S.C. In the pledge, drill instructors promise to train their recruits to the best of their abilities meaning they will not give up on them, even when the recruits may give up on themselves. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 26, 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: 09.06.2014
    Date Posted: 09.18.2014 11:33
    Photo ID: 1555541
    VIRIN: 140906-M-FS592-295
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 6.43 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US

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