Rct. John R. Hartman, Platoon 2080, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, practices the sitting position while Rct. Jeremy P. Blackmon pulls a string to simulate recoil Sept. 21, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Hartman, 18, from Queensbury, N.Y., and Blackmon, 22, Kingsland, Ga., are scheduled to graduate Nov. 4, 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 approximately 49 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photos by Pfc. Maximiliano Bavastro)
| Date Taken: | 09.21.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 11.01.2016 15:22 |
| Photo ID: | 2961357 |
| VIRIN: | 160921-M-MF691-106 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 2.81 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 28 |
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