Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Calderon, regimental drillmaster for Recruit Training Regiment, scrutinizes Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Osman Mendoza, Platoon 2098, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, during a final drill evaluation Dec. 9, 2015, on Parris Island, Drillmasters, experts on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual, grade each platoon and its drill instructor on their abilities to perform close-order drill movements. Calderon, 33, is from Fort Worth, Texas. Mendoza, 33, is from Phoenix. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 18, 2015. Parris Island has been the s
Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Calderon, regimental drillmaster for Recruit Training Regiment, scrutinizes Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Osman Mendoza, Platoon 2098, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, during a final drill evaluation Dec. 9, 2015, on Parris Island, Drillmasters, experts on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual, grade each platoon and its drill instructor on their abilities to perform close-order drill movements. Calderon, 33, is from Fort Worth, Texas. Mendoza, 33, is from Phoenix. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 18, 2015. 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 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)
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