U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Colby S. Shankles, Platoon 1042, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, shakes hands with his drill instructor after being presented his Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem June 24, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Shankles, 19, from Section, Ala., is scheduled to graduate June 30, 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 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
| Date Taken: | 06.24.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.27.2017 15:51 |
| Photo ID: | 3519272 |
| VIRIN: | 170624-M-VP563-100 |
| Resolution: | 4479x2986 |
| Size: | 3.05 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 85 |
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