Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. William J. Scott, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, encourages recruits to move faster on a combat training course July 19, 2016, on Parris Island, Scott, 27, is from Long Island, Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 12, 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 f

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Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. William J. Scott, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, encourages recruits to move faster on a combat training course July 19, 2016, on Parris Island, Scott, 27, is from Long Island, Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 12, 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 male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

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