Sgt. Anthony M. Kim, a drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, encourages a recruit of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, to move faster Sept. 19, 2016, on Parris Island, Kim, 23, is from Harrington Park, Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 16, 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-

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Sgt. Anthony M. Kim, a drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, encourages a recruit of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, to move faster Sept. 19, 2016, on Parris Island, Kim, 23, is from Harrington Park, Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 16, 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 Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

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