Rct. Jeremy R. Agema, a 19-year-old native of Stone Columbia, , is currently training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, , in hopes of earning the title of United States Marine. Agema is training with Platoon 2016, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and is scheduled to graduate April 1, 2016. “I joined the Marine Corps to protect the ones I love and better myself as an individual,” said Agema, who graduated from Blythewood High School in Columbia, , in 2015. Approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Mar

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Rct. Jeremy R. Agema, a 19-year-old native of Stone Columbia, , is currently training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, , in hopes of earning the title of United States Marine. Agema is training with Platoon 2016, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and is scheduled to graduate April 1, 2016. “I joined the Marine Corps to protect the ones I love and better myself as an individual,” said Agema, who graduated from Blythewood High School in Columbia, , in 2015. Approximately 19,000 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 approximately 50 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)

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