Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Keisha E. Curry takes down scores for recruits of November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, during an initial strength test Sept. 16, 2016, on Parris Island, Curry, 29, is from Binghamton, November Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 9, 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 tra

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Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Keisha E. Curry takes down scores for recruits of November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, during an initial strength test Sept. 16, 2016, on Parris Island, Curry, 29, is from Binghamton, November Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 9, 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 males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

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