Marine Corps instructors with Field Training Company, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, teach recruits of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, the importance of hand and arm signals Jan. 11, 2018, on Parris Island, These instructors teach recruits the foundations of combat skills during Basic Warrior Training. Golf Company is scheduled to graduate Feb. 2, 2018. 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

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Marine Corps instructors with Field Training Company, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, teach recruits of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, the importance of hand and arm signals Jan. 11, 2018, on Parris Island, These instructors teach recruits the foundations of combat skills during Basic Warrior Training. Golf Company is scheduled to graduate Feb. 2, 2018. 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. Vanessa Austin)

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