Marine Corps Rct. Aaron M. Alexander of Platoon 2086, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, rappels from a 47-foot tower Oct. 4, 2017, on Parris Island, Alexander, 18, from Augusta, Ga., is scheduled to graduate Nov. 3, 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 recr

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Marine Corps Rct. Aaron M. Alexander of Platoon 2086, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, rappels from a 47-foot tower Oct. 4, 2017, on Parris Island, Alexander, 18, from Augusta, Ga., is scheduled to graduate Nov. 3, 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. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Jacob)

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