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Gunnery Sgt. Norman Catacata, a chief drill instructor for Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, corrects recruits during a close-order drill session Sept. 2, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Catacata, 33, from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, explain the importance of using proper form for each movement. Recruits are graded on their discipline, bearing and attention to detail during their initial drill evaluation in the fifth week of training. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 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. Caitlin Brink)
| Date Taken: | 09.02.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 09.15.2014 14:02 |
| Photo ID: | 1550138 |
| VIRIN: | 140915-M-FS592-108 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 5.21 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
| Hometown: | CAGAYAN DE ORO, MINDANAO, PH |
| Web Views: | 452 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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