Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Devin C. Root, Platoon 1050, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, prepares to march his platoon during a final drill evaluation July 13, 2016, on Parris Island, Root, 26, is from Kansas City, Kan. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate July 22, 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 enl


Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Devin C. Root, Platoon 1050, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, prepares to march his platoon during a final drill evaluation July 13, 2016, on Parris Island, Root, 26, is from Kansas City, Kan. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate July 22, 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 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)


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