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A drill instructor presents an Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem to Pfc. Christopher D. Meeker, Platoon 2061, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, during an emblem ceremony Aug. 13, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Meeker, 30, from Destin, Fla., is scheduled to graduate Aug. 19, 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
| Date Taken: | 08.13.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 08.16.2016 14:01 |
| Photo ID: | 2795775 |
| VIRIN: | 160813-M-VP563-198 |
| Resolution: | 3195x4793 |
| Size: | 5.04 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
| Web Views: | 76 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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