St. Petersburg native earns platoon honor graduate during Marine recruit training

Photo By Sgt. Jack Rigsby | Pfc. Gregory K. Foster Jr. completed Marine Corps recruit training as the honor graduate of Platoon 2074, Company G, 2nd Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Sept. 21, 2018. Foster Jr., a graduate of Countryside High School in Palm Harbor, Florida, was recruited by Staff Sgt. Brent A. Johnson from Recruiting Substation St. Petersburg, Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack A. E. Rigsby)  

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

09.21.2018

Story by Lance Cpl. Jack Rigsby 

6th Marine Corps District

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - Pfc. Gregory Foster Jr. graduated from Marine recruit training today as the platoon honor graduate of Platoon 2074, Company G, 2nd Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, for placing first out of 82 recruits.

The honor graduate award recognizes the Marine who best exemplifies the total Marine concept, which encompasses physical fitness, marksmanship and leadership traits, during recruit training.

Foster was recruited at Recruiting Substation St. Petersburg, Florida, by Staff Sergeant Brent A. Johnson. He attended Countryside High School.

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• Date Taken: 09.21.2018
• Date Posted: 09.21.2018 14:43
• Story ID: 293959
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: PALM HARBOR, FL, US