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Rct. Theodore-Ethan K. Buettner, Platoon 2009, strikes Rct. Landon A. Rudisill, Platoon 2008, Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion,during a pugil stick match Dec. 9, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits battle with pugil sticks in two 15-second matches to simulate fighting with bayonet-affixed rifles. Rudisill, 18, from Rutherford College, N.C., and Buettner, 18, from Honolulu, are scheduled to graduate Feb. 13, 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 Lance Cpl. Vaniah Temple)
| Date Taken: | 12.09.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 01.26.2015 10:50 |
| Photo ID: | 1736104 |
| VIRIN: | 141209-M-LQ078-025 |
| Resolution: | 2689x3617 |
| Size: | 7.32 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
| Hometown: | HONOLULU, HI, US |
| Hometown: | RUTHERFORD COLLEGE, NC, US |
| Web Views: | 36 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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