United States Marine Corps recruits of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, crawl through the dirt Sept. 15, 2017, on Parris Island, The Crucible, recruit training’s 54-hour culminating event, tests the abilities of recruits to work together and complete tasks in a stressful environment. Oscar Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 22, 2017. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 12 weeks of rigorous, transfo

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United States Marine Corps recruits of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, crawl through the dirt Sept. 15, 2017, on Parris Island, The Crucible, recruit training’s 54-hour culminating event, tests the abilities of recruits to work together and complete tasks in a stressful environment. Oscar Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 22, 2017. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Jacob)

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