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Rct. Silvia PachecoVazquez, Platoon 4011, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, leaps into the water as part of water survival training Feb. 1, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Leaping from the tower simulates abandoning ship. PachecoVazquez, 19, from Salem, Ore., is scheduled to graduate April 1, 2016. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 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 Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)
| Date Taken: | 02.01.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 02.01.2016 17:21 |
| Photo ID: | 2378869 |
| VIRIN: | 160201-M-AR085-203 |
| Resolution: | 3564x5345 |
| Size: | 7 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
| Hometown: | SALEM, OR, US |
| Web Views: | 31 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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