India and Papa companies – Receiving – Oct. 27, 2014 [Image 10 of 13]

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

10.27.2014

Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Rct. Tyler Miller, Platoon 3002, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, receives his first recruit haircut Oct. 27, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits get buzz cuts weekly until week 12 when they earn their first high-and-tight style haircut right before the Crucible. Miller, 19, from Buffalo, N.Y., 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 10:19
• Photo ID: 1703246
• VIRIN: 141027-M-FS592-702
• Resolution: 2048x1365
• Size: 233.95 KB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: BUFFALO, NY, US