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    Photo Gallery: Liberty sounds for Parris Island’s newest Marines [Image 11 of 11]

    Photo Gallery: Liberty sounds for Parris Island’s newest Marines

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    12.15.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Pvt. Shawna Hamm, Platoon 4042, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, reviews snack options in the Marine Corps Exchange on Parris Island, S.C., during on-base liberty Dec. 15, 2013. Throughout training, the Marines' meals are strictly scheduled. On-base liberty was implemented into recruit training in 1996 in conjunction with Marine Week, the time spent between the Crucible and graduation when new Marines adjust to new responsibilities. Hamm, an 18-year-old native of Springfield, Ill., 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. Octavia Davis)

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    Date Taken: 12.15.2013
    Date Posted: 12.20.2013 05:39
    Photo ID: 1142037
    VIRIN: 131215-M-RV272-308
    Resolution: 4104x3564
    Size: 7.66 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: SPRINGFIELD, IL, US

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