(e.g. yourname@email.com)

Forgot Password?

    Digital Visual Information Distribution System Logo

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits tackle Confidence Course on Parris Island [Image 2 of 9]

    Issued by: on

    VIRIN:
    Date Created:
    City:
    State:
    Country:
    Military personnel, likely Marines based on their camouflage uniforms, are navigating an outdoor obstacle course featuring large horizontal log beams mounted on vertical posts. One individual in a maroon shirt and military trousers appears to be an instructor observing and directing the trainees. The setting is a wooded training facility with tall pine trees and sandy terrain.

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    10.16.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Recruits of Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, attempt an obstacle Oct. 16, 2013, while on the Confidence Course on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits completed a series of tall obstacles to help overcome any fear of heights and build confidence. Papa Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 20, 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)

    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 10.16.2013
    Date Posted: 10.25.2013 20:40
    Photo ID: 1040781
    VIRIN: 131016-M-FS592-145
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 15.47 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US

    Web Views: 145
    Downloads: 7

    PUBLIC DOMAIN