A tailor pulls on a Dress Blue blouse of a Marine Corps recruit of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Company, to ensure that it fits Aug. 29, 2017, on Parris Island, Recruits are fitted in each uniform before it is tailored and issued to them. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 15, 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-l
A tailor pulls on a Dress Blue blouse of a Marine Corps recruit of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Company, to ensure that it fits Aug. 29, 2017, on Parris Island, Recruits are fitted in each uniform before it is tailored and issued to them. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 15, 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 Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)
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