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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits practice bayonet techniques during pugil stick training [Image 3 of 6]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits practice bayonet techniques during pugil stick training

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    07.29.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Jacob Renfrow, Platoon 1076, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, waits to begin his pugil stick match July 29, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits such as Renfrow, an 18-year-old native of Owensboro, Ky., use pugil sticks, which represent rifles with attached bayonets, to simulate a close encounter with an enemy. Recruits wear helmets, gloves, flak jackets and groin protection to prevent injuries during the matches. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 11, 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)

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    Date Taken: 07.29.2013
    Date Posted: 08.06.2013 16:52
    Photo ID: 990007
    VIRIN: 130729-M-PG802-029
    Resolution: 3888x2592
    Size: 2.68 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: OWENSBORO, KY, US

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