Marine Corps recruits with Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, tread water during basic water survival training June 26, 2017, on Parris Island, Recruits must pass water survival training in order to graduate. Oscar Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 25, 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 f
Marine Corps recruits with Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, tread water during basic water survival training June 26, 2017, on Parris Island, Recruits must pass water survival training in order to graduate. Oscar Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 25, 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 approximately 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
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