New recruits take first steps to Marine title on Parris Island [Image 11 of 19]

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

05.22.2017

Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Nathan Salas, a drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, gives a command to new recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, May 22, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Drill instructors, like Salas, 31, from Santa Rita, Guam, are responsible for the accountability and processing of new recruits before they start training with their company drill instructors. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

• Date Taken: 05.22.2017
• Date Posted: 05.26.2017 13:33
• Photo ID: 3425023
• VIRIN: 170522-M-ZW564-007
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 14.21 MB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US