Drill Instructor Pushes Marine Recruit to Improve Barracks Appearance at Parris Island [Image 2 of 2]

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11.04.2004

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Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Matthew M. James encourages Marine Recruit Joseph D. Contois to do a better job of lining up footgear placed under barracks "racks," or bunk beds, Nov. 3 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. James is one of the 500 or so drill instructors that introduce about 18,000 recruits a year to their new lives at Parris Island. Recruits from west of the Mississippi River go to San Diego for boot camp; those who enlist east of the Mississippi go to Parris Island. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

• Date Taken: 11.04.2004
• Date Posted: 07.04.2025 03:35
• Photo ID: 9162360
• VIRIN: 041104-D-D0439-2883
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