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    Photo Gallery: Hundreds of young men arrive on Parris Island to be transformed into Marines [Image 8 of 13]

    Photo Gallery: Hundreds of young men arrive on Parris Island to be transformed into Marines

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    03.03.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Senior drill instructor Sgt. Fernando Horta Jr., orders the soon-to-be recruits of Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, off the bus upon their arrival at Parris Island, S.C., on March 3, 2014. Horta, a 28-year-old from West New York, N.J., was the first drill instructor to greet the recruits upon their arrival at the island. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate May 30, 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. Octavia Davis)

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    Date Taken: 03.03.2014
    Date Posted: 03.18.2014 09:58
    Photo ID: 1189077
    VIRIN: 140303-M-RV272-447
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 6.33 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: WEST NEW YORK, NJ, US

    Web Views: 701
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