Instructors watch as Rct. Nino Toigo, left, Platoon 3034, and Rct. Matthew Marso, Platoon 3038, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, battle each other March 10, 2014, during pugil stick training on Parris Island, Toigo, 18, from Lincoln Park, Mich., and Marso, 22, from Kernersville, , battled using pugil sticks in two 15-second matches to simulate fighting with bayonet-affixed rifles. Recruits practice these techniques as part of Marine Corps martial arts training. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate May 23, 2014. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit trai
Instructors watch as Rct. Nino Toigo, left, Platoon 3034, and Rct. Matthew Marso, Platoon 3038, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, battle each other March 10, 2014, during pugil stick training on Parris Island, Toigo, 18, from Lincoln Park, Mich., and Marso, 22, from Kernersville, , battled using pugil sticks in two 15-second matches to simulate fighting with bayonet-affixed rifles. Recruits practice these techniques as part of Marine Corps martial arts training. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate May 23, 2014. 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 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink) Photo Gallery, Marine recruits foster warrior ethos during pugil stick training on Parris Island 140310-M-FS592-239
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