Recruits of Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, prepare to hike the last nine miles of the Crucible, the 54-hour culminating event of recruit training, Dec. 5, 2015, on Parris Island Upon completion of the hike, each recruit will earn the title Marine, making this the defining moment of the previous 12 weeks of training. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 11, 2015. 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 endu

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Recruits of Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, prepare to hike the last nine miles of the Crucible, the 54-hour culminating event of recruit training, Dec. 5, 2015, on Parris Island Upon completion of the hike, each recruit will earn the title Marine, making this the defining moment of the previous 12 weeks of training. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 11, 2015. 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 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)

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