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Recruits with Platoon 4040, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, try on their blue dress coats for the first time Aug. 21, 2018, on Parris Island S.C. The recruits are part of the first female company to be issued the new female blue dress coat, which features a mandarin collar. Papa Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 12, 2018. 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 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Vivien Alstad/Released)
| Date Taken: | 08.21.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 08.23.2018 14:10 |
| Photo ID: | 4671148 |
| VIRIN: | 180821-M-VQ645-003 |
| Resolution: | 4801x3201 |
| Size: | 8.1 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 165 |
| Downloads: | 10 |
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