Marine recruits practice martial arts techniques on Parris Island [Image 4 of 4]

PARRIS ISLAND, AL, UNITED STATES

09.11.2015

Photo by Lance Cpl. Vanessa Austin 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Rct. Samantha S. Huhtala holds a striking pad while Rct. Katelyn A. Hackler, both with Platoon 4038, Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, practices a knee strike during a martial arts training session Sept. 11, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. These techniques, part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, are designed to combine hand-to-hand combat techniques from various martial arts and fuse them with character development, helping transform recruits into physically strong, morally sound Marines. Huhtala, 19, from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Hackler, 22, from Jellico, Tenn., are scheduled to graduate Nov. 20, 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 approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

• Date Taken: 09.11.2015
• Date Posted: 09.14.2015 16:24
• Photo ID: 2174059
• VIRIN: 150911-M-VP563-122
• Resolution: 3362x5044
• Size: 4.99 MB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, AL, US
• Hometown: JELLICO, TN, US
• Hometown: SAULT STE. MARIE, MI, US