India and Papa companies – Receiving – Oct. 27, 2014 [Image 4 of 13]

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

10.27.2014

Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Rct. Christian Handley, Platoon 3002, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, responds to orders Oct. 27, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits learn from the moment they step on the yellow footprints that they are expected to move with speed and intensity and to respond to all commands loudly and confidently. Handley, 18, from Trussville, Ala., is scheduled to graduate Jan. 23, 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)

• Date Taken: 10.27.2014
• Date Posted: 12.17.2014 10:23
• Photo ID: 1703233
• VIRIN: 141027-M-FS592-436
• Resolution: 1365x2048
• Size: 295 KB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: TRUSSVILLE, AL, US