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    Photo Gallery: Parris Island recruits survive encounter with Marine Corps drill instructors [Image 3 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           

    Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Tory J. Armstrong, Platoon 3017, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, explains his expectations to his recruits Jan. 10, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Armstrong, 25, is from Appleton, Wisc. A small group of drill instructors looked over the recruits during their in-processing, but these drill instructors will be with them every moment for the next 12 weeks. 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 20:05
    Photo ID: 1756441
    VIRIN: 150110-M-FS592-093
    Resolution: 1365x2048
    Size: 207.65 KB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: APPLETON, WI, US

    Web Views: 553
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