Marine Corps Rct. Reese Pownall, Platoon 2057, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, notifies his next-of-kin of his safe arrival to training May 22, 2017, on Parris Island, Pownall, 19, from Villa Rica, Ga., is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 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 4

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Marine Corps Rct. Reese Pownall, Platoon 2057, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, notifies his next-of-kin of his safe arrival to training May 22, 2017, on Parris Island, Pownall, 19, from Villa Rica, Ga., is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 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.

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