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    Photo Gallery: Marine Corps recruits qualify in swim survival on Parris Island [Image 8 of 10]

    Photo Gallery: Marine Corps recruits qualify in swim survival on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    06.17.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Zachary Kirlin, Platoon 3060, Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, emerges from the water after leaping from a 10-foot tower during basic water survival qualification June 17, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival training was designed to reduce fear, raise self-confidence and develop the ability to survive in water. The evaluation is a graduation requirement and provides recruits with basic water survival skills. Kirlin, 21, from Bradford, Maine, is scheduled to graduate Aug. 16, 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. Caitlin Brink)

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    Date Taken: 06.17.2013
    Date Posted: 07.18.2013 11:47
    Photo ID: 974236
    VIRIN: 130617-M-FS592-182
    Resolution: 3198x2132
    Size: 2.29 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: BRADFORD, ME, US

    Web Views: 149
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