Recruits of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, work together to complete a task during the Crucible Feb. 18, 2016, on Parris Island, The Crucible, recruit training’s 54-hour culminating event, tests recruits’ abilities to work together and complete tasks in a stressful environment. Golf Company is scheduled to graduate Feb. 26, 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

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Recruits of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, work together to complete a task during the Crucible Feb. 18, 2016, on Parris Island, The Crucible, recruit training’s 54-hour culminating event, tests recruits’ abilities to work together and complete tasks in a stressful environment. Golf Company is scheduled to graduate Feb. 26, 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 50 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)

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