Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks introduces himself to the recruits of platoon 3064, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, June 11, 2016, on Parris Island, Brooks, 31, is from Baltimore. India Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 2, 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for appro

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Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks introduces himself to the recruits of platoon 3064, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, June 11, 2016, on Parris Island, Brooks, 31, is from Baltimore. India Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 2, 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 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. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)

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