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Rct. Jay S. Richards, Platoon 3036, Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, treads water during water survival training March 20, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits must tread water for four minutes to pass this portion of the graduation requirement. Richards, 23, from Sarasota, Fla., is scheduled to graduate May 19, 2017. 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: | 03.20.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 03.22.2017 16:02 |
| Photo ID: | 3249636 |
| VIRIN: | 170320-M-VP563-094 |
| Resolution: | 5189x3459 |
| Size: | 4 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US |
| Web Views: | 45 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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