Rct. Autumn M. Barrett, left, Platoon 4028, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, and Rct. Thomas E. Hoey III, Platoon 2060, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, practice land navigation July 25, 2016, on Parris Island, Barrett, 18, from Gage, Okla., and Hoey, 19, from Brookline, , are scheduled to graduate Aug. 19, 2016. 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 t
Rct. Autumn M. Barrett, left, Platoon 4028, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, and Rct. Thomas E. Hoey III, Platoon 2060, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, practice land navigation July 25, 2016, on Parris Island, Barrett, 18, from Gage, Okla., and Hoey, 19, from Brookline, , are scheduled to graduate Aug. 19, 2016. 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 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)
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