Recruits meet Parris Island drill instructors who will train them throughout Marine boot camp [Image 3 of 11]

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

06.07.2014

Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Sgt. Richard Warren, left, and Sgt. Joseph Boucher, drill instructors for Platoon 1058, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, correct Rct. Tavi Brown moments after introducing themselves on “pickup” day June 7, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Pickup is the day when drill instructors meet their recruits and set the tone for the remainder of training. Warren, 29, is from Lake City, Fla. Boucher is a 27-year-old native of Kingston, N.H. Brown, a native of St. Mary, Jamaica, was recruited out of Tampa, Fla., and is scheduled to graduate Aug. 29, 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)

• Date Taken: 06.07.2014
• Date Posted: 06.26.2014 19:18
• Photo ID: 1422095
• VIRIN: 140607-M-RV272-079
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 8.94 MB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: KINGSTON, NH, US
• Hometown: LAKE CITY, FL, US
• Hometown: TAMPA, FL, US