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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits tackle warrior training on Parris Island [Image 4 of 6]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits tackle warrior training on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    10.27.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Staff Sgt. Andrew Yee adjusts Rct. Eliot Acosta’s helmet during pugil stick training Oct. 27, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Acosta, Platoon 1006, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, fought an opponent in two 15-second bouts. Yee, 29, is from Spanish Town, Jamaica. Acosta, 18, from Bronx, N.Y., is scheduled to graduate Jan. 9, 2015. 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: 10.27.2014
    Date Posted: 12.12.2014 10:47
    Photo ID: 1698313
    VIRIN: 141027-M-FS592-227
    Resolution: 2048x1365
    Size: 268.4 KB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: SPANISH TOWN, JM
    Hometown: BRONX, NY, US

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