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    Photo Gallery: Parris Island recruits survive encounter with Marine Corps drill instructors [Image 1 of 8]

    Photo Gallery: Parris Island recruits survive encounter with Marine Corps drill instructors

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    01.10.2015

    Photo by Sgt. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Drill instructors for Platoon 3016, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, recite the Drill Instructor Pledge on Jan. 10, 2015, before taking charge of the young men they are expected to mold into Marines on Parris Island, S.C. In the pledge, drill instructors promise to train their recruits to the best of their abilities, meaning they will not give up on them even when the recruits may give up on themselves. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate April 3, 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)

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    Date Taken: 01.10.2015
    Date Posted: 02.06.2015 20:04
    Photo ID: 1756438
    VIRIN: 150110-M-FS592-011
    Resolution: 1365x2048
    Size: 269.91 KB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US

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