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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits build confidence on über-obstacle course [Image 5 of 7]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits build confidence on über-obstacle course

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    08.05.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Salvatore Desiato, Platoon 1073, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, walks across a rope bridge Aug. 5, 2013, on the Confidence Course on Parris Island, S.C. The course was designed in the mid-1960s as a means to instill confidence in recruits. The course is comprised of 15 obstacles designed to help Marine Corps recruits build confidence by facing heights and other physical challenges. Desiato, an 18-year-old native of Ontario, N.Y., 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: 08.05.2013
    Date Posted: 08.15.2013 14:40
    Photo ID: 996114
    VIRIN: 130805-M-PG802-067
    Resolution: 2253x2592
    Size: 844.88 KB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: ONTARIO, NY, US

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