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Recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, salute the national colors during an emblem ceremony Jan. 14, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. During the ceremony, each recruit received an Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem and the title Marine. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Jan. 23, 2015. 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 Sgt. Caitlin Brink)
| Date Taken: | 01.14.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 01.23.2015 09:26 |
| Photo ID: | 1732475 |
| VIRIN: | 150114-M-FS592-019 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 5.55 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
| Web Views: | 91 |
| Downloads: | 11 |
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