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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits descend Parris Island tower to develop rappelling skills [Image 3 of 6]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits descend Parris Island tower to develop rappelling skills

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    04.29.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Chase Meldau, Platoon 1045, Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, looks over his shoulder before pushing off a simulated helicopter skid during rappel training April 29, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. The recruits jumped from the skid and descended a wooden wall, which simulates going down the side of a building. Meldau, a 24-year-old form Newark, Ohio, is scheduled to graduate June 20, 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: 04.29.2014
    Date Posted: 05.09.2014 09:55
    Photo ID: 1327248
    VIRIN: 140429-M-RV272-686
    Resolution: 3840x5760
    Size: 7.68 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: NEWARK, OH, US

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