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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits begin journey to title on Parris Island footprints [Image 12 of 17]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits begin journey to title on Parris Island footprints

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    11.19.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Cpl. Joseph Watanuki, a Marine responsible for in-processing recruits, gives one of the many classes recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, receive their first night on Parris Island, S.C., on Nov. 18, 2013. The recruits spent the night completing paperwork and receiving haircuts and gear in preparation for the next 13 weeks of training. Watanuki, 22, is from Laketown, Utah. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Feb. 14, 2014. 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)

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    Date Taken: 11.19.2013
    Date Posted: 12.02.2013 18:18
    Photo ID: 1064099
    VIRIN: 131118-M-FS592-638
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 7.62 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: LAKETOWN, UT, US

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