Recruits of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, get a 100-meter pace count Aug. 3, 2015, on Parris Island, Each recruit counts how many steps required to walk 100 meters as a guide for measuring distance. Oscar Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 28, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 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 approxi
Recruits of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, get a 100-meter pace count Aug. 3, 2015, on Parris Island, Each recruit counts how many steps required to walk 100 meters as a guide for measuring distance. Oscar Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 28, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 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 males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Pfc. Aaron Bolser)
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