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    Parris Island hosts celebration of 70 years continuous service for female Marines [Image 9 of 9]

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    A military drill instructor in a campaign cover (campaign hat) addresses a group of seated individuals in a large barracks bay. The audience includes personnel in Marine Corps camouflage uniforms as well as civilians seated on the floor, with a larger crowd of observers standing in the background. The setting appears to be a military recruit training facility, possibly during an open house or family day event.

    MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    03.01.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Sgt. Maj. Robin Fortner, sergeant major of 4th Recruit Training Battalion, gives active duty and former Marines the opportunity to see how drill instructors are introduced to today’s recruits during the 70th anniversary of women in the Marine Corps celebration March 1, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Parris Island began training female Marine recruits in 1949, and today 4th RTBn. is the home of all female enlisted recruit training for Marines.

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    Date Taken: 03.01.2013
    Date Posted: 03.04.2013 10:01
    Photo ID: 878901
    VIRIN: 130301-M-JI376-004
    Resolution: 3456x2304
    Size: 2.86 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US

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