Photo Gallery: Marine Corps recruits test combat fitness on Parris Island [Image 1 of 7]

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

06.18.2013

Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Rct. Desiree Palacios lifts a 30-pound ammunition can over her head as Rct. Breanna Nicklow keeps count during the combat fitness test June 18, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Palacios, a 19-year-old native of Carrollton, Texas, and Nicklow, a 22-year-old native of Newport, N.C., both with Platoon 4020, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, also completed an 880-yard sprint and a maneuver-under-fire drill to determine their scores. The CFT, which simulates the wide range of physical challenges one might face in combat, evaluates strength, stamina, agility and coordination. November Company is scheduled to graduate July 3, 2013. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 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 50 percent of males and 100 percent for females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)

• Date Taken: 06.18.2013
• Date Posted: 06.21.2013 10:37
• Photo ID: 958349
• VIRIN: 130618-M-PG802-013
• Resolution: 3888x2592
• Size: 1.2 MB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: ARCADIA, LA, US
• Hometown: CARROLLTON, TX, US
• Hometown: EUSTIS, FL, US
• Hometown: HARRISBURG, PA, US
• Hometown: LUMBERTON, NC, US
• Hometown: NEWPORT, NC, US
• Hometown: QUEENS, NY, US
• Hometown: QUINLAN, TX, US
• Hometown: WILLIS, TX, US