Recruits of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, climb over a wall on a combat training course July 15, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. The course is part of Basic Warrior Training, held during the ninth week of boot camp, which focuses on basic field-related skills all Marines must know. The initial combat training recruits receive will be broadened after boot camp during follow-on training at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 5, 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 49 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
| Date Taken: | 07.15.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 08.03.2016 16:15 |
| Photo ID: | 2765168 |
| VIRIN: | 160715-M-VP563-065 |
| Resolution: | 2048x1365 |
| Size: | 2.25 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 15 |
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