Rct. David Dussard smothers Rct. Xabier Jones Jr., both with Platoon 3038, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, on a Marine Corps martial arts endurance course March 20, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits learn techniques to help defend themselves even when knocked to the ground. The course is part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, which combines hand-to-hand combat skills with mental discipline and character development to help transform recruits into physically and morally sound warriors. Dussard, 20, from Allentown, Pa., and Jones, 19, from Montgomery, Ala., are scheduled to graduate May 23, 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)
Date Taken: | 03.20.2014 |
Date Posted: | 03.26.2014 19:07 |
Photo ID: | 1198333 |
VIRIN: | 140320-M-FS592-122 |
Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
Size: | 5.17 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
Hometown: | ALLENTOWN, PA, US |
Hometown: | MONTGOMERY, AL, US |
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