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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits survive first stressful night on Parris Island [Image 9 of 17]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits survive first stressful night on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    07.14.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Drill instructors inspect the young men and women July 14, 2014, who hope to earn the title Marine on Parris Island, S.C. If successful in training, these men, now recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and women, now recruits of Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, will be transformed during the following 13 weeks into basic Marines, representing the epitome of personal character, selflessness and military virtue. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Oct. 10, 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)

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    Date Taken: 07.14.2014
    Date Posted: 07.18.2014 14:18
    Photo ID: 1453733
    VIRIN: 140714-M-FS592-862
    Resolution: 2048x1365
    Size: 1.79 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US

    Web Views: 1,088
    Downloads: 22

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