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    Photo Gallery: Young men, women arrive on Parris Island for chance to earn title Marine [Image 12 of 13]

    Photo Gallery: Young men, women arrive on Parris Island for chance to earn title Marine

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    12.16.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Senior drill instructor Sgt. Chasitie Chambers shows new recruits of November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, how to wear their hair to fit Marine Corps standards Dec. 16, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Chambers, 30, from Bear, Del., is one of a handful of drill instructors responsible for preparing new recruits for training. Recruits are expected to uphold a military appearance while in training. November Company is scheduled to graduate March 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: 12.16.2013
    Date Posted: 12.19.2013 18:14
    Photo ID: 1141633
    VIRIN: 131216-M-FS592-554
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 7 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: BEAR, DE, US

    Web Views: 1,338
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