Photo Gallery: Marine recruits learn combat skills on Parris Island training course

Photo By Cpl. MaryAnn Hill | Rct. Garrett Monast, Platoon 1066, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, inches over a small moat on a combat training course Aug. 23, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Monast, an 18-year-old native of Columbus, Ohio, focused on keeping his weapon and eyes oriented forward toward the enemy. Recruits polished their newly acquired basic combat training skills on the course and will continue to build on what they learned throughout their Marine Corps careers. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 13, 2013. 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 Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)  

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

08.29.2013

Story by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - Recruits of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, assaulted a combat training course Aug. 23, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C.

Recruits maneuvered over and under various obstacles through the course to test their newly obtained basic combat skills, such as communication and techniques for moving in a combat environment, which they will build upon and use for the rest of their Marine Corps careers. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 13, 2013.

• Date Taken: 08.29.2013
• Date Posted: 08.29.2013 15:33
• Story ID: 112845
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: ATLANTA, GA, US
• Hometown: COLUMBUS, OH, US
• Hometown: HAMILTON, OH, US
• Hometown: HOLLAND PATENT, NY, US
• Hometown: TAMPA, FL, US