Recruits of Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, rinse gas masks Sept. 29, 2015, on Parris Island, Each mask is cleaned after it is used to prevent cross contamination. Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 20, 2015. 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 approximately 50 percent of males and 100 pe


Recruits of Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, rinse gas masks Sept. 29, 2015, on Parris Island, Each mask is cleaned after it is used to prevent cross contamination. Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 20, 2015. 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 approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser) Hotel Company E28093 Gas Chamber E28093 Sept. 29, 2015 150929-M-RK242-050


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