Recruits of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, learn how to put on gas masks Dec. 9, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits learn to properly don and clear the mask as part of chemical warfare defense training. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 30, 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 Sgt. Caitlin Brink)
Date Taken: | 12.09.2014 |
Date Posted: | 01.28.2015 09:09 |
Photo ID: | 1738419 |
VIRIN: | 141209-M-FS592-541 |
Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
Size: | 2.2 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
Web Views: | 69 |
Downloads: | 6 |
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