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

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island
Story by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill

Date: 07.09.2013
Posted: 07.09.2013 09:40
News ID: 109885
Tacoma, Wash., native a Marine Corps drill instructor on 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.