Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Daniels, a chief drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, orders new recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, to get off the bus May 22, 2017, on Parris Island, Chief drill instructors, like Daniels, 33, from Gainesville, Fla., are responsible for the accountability of his drill instructors as well as the well-being of recruits before they start training with their company. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 2017. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915.

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Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Daniels, a chief drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, orders new recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, to get off the bus May 22, 2017, on Parris Island, Chief drill instructors, like Daniels, 33, from Gainesville, Fla., are responsible for the accountability of his drill instructors as well as the well-being of recruits before they start training with their company. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 2017. 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 Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

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