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    Marine recruits take notes during history class on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    10.29.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Jennifer Schubert 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Sgt. David Castillo, an academics instructor, teaches recruits of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps history Oct. 29, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Instructors, like Castillo, 27, from Washington, D.C., teach recruits Marine Corps history from its founding in 1775 to its recent operations. Oscar Company 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. Jennifer Schubert)

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    Date Taken: 10.29.2014
    Date Posted: 01.09.2015 08:32
    Photo ID: 1716807
    VIRIN: 141029-M-AR085-026
    Resolution: 1637x2447
    Size: 1.98 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US

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