Photo Gallery: Marines complete last inspection before graduation on Parris Island [Image 2 of 13]

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

09.04.2013

Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Lt. Col. James Shelton, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion's commander, checks Pfc. Jacob Smith's service uniform for discrepancies during the battalion commander's inspection Sept. 4, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Smith, Platoon 3068, Lima Company, spent hours preparing his uniform and rifle for the inspection. New Marines must pass the battalion commander's inspection to graduate recruit training. Shelton, 47, is a Harlan, Iowa, Native. Smith, 19, from Harding, Pa., is scheduled to graduate Sept. 6, 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 Cpl. Caitlin Brink)

• Date Taken: 09.04.2013
• Date Posted: 09.06.2013 08:26
• Photo ID: 1011323
• VIRIN: 130904-M-FS592-043
• Resolution: 3456x2304
• Size: 2.93 MB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: HARDING, PA, US
• Hometown: HARLAN, IA, US