Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Adahel Arias, Platoon 3088, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, encourages recruits to move faster during pugil sticks training Aug. 29, 2016, on Parris Island, Arias, 25, is from Miami. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 10, 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 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training fo

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Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Adahel Arias, Platoon 3088, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, encourages recruits to move faster during pugil sticks training Aug. 29, 2016, on Parris Island, Arias, 25, is from Miami. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 10, 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 13 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. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

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