Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Devon Luevano, senior drill instructor of Platoon 2044, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, hands the coveted Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem to Marine Corps Pfc. Sean G. McCool during a ceremony at the Iwo Jima flag raising statue June 3, 2017, on Parris Island, The ceremony, held after the final hike of recruit training, marks the end of the transformation from recruit into United States Marine. Golf Company graduated June 9, 2017. Today, approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines

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Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Devon Luevano, senior drill instructor of Platoon 2044, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, hands the coveted Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem to Marine Corps Pfc. Sean G. McCool during a ceremony at the Iwo Jima flag raising statue June 3, 2017, on Parris Island, The ceremony, held after the final hike of recruit training, marks the end of the transformation from recruit into United States Marine. Golf Company graduated June 9, 2017. 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.

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