Tacoma, Wash., native a Marine Corps drill instructor on Parris Island

Photo By Cpl. MaryAnn Hill | Sgt. Mario Powers currently serves as a Marine Corps drill instructor with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Powers joined the Marine Corps in August 2006 and became a drill instructor in December 2012. Powers is a native of Tacoma, Wash. "I became a drill instructor because I wanted to produce new Marines and continue the legacy. One day, they will be replacing me," said Powers. is Island annually into basic United States Marin  

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

07.09.2013

Story by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - Only about 600 Marine Corps drill instructors shape the approximately 20,000 recruits who come to Parris Island annually into basic United States Marines.

This handful of dedicated DIs is entrusted with sustaining a more than 237-year legacy by transforming men and women into the next generation of Marines. This is one of those drill instructors.

• Date Taken: 07.09.2013
• Date Posted: 07.09.2013 10:01
• Story ID: 109885
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: TACOMA, WA, US