Recruits of Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, take the first steps of a 5-mile conditioning hike May 7, 2016, on Parris Island, This is one of several hikes meant to prepare the recruits for the physical rigors of the Crucible. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate June 3, 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 enliste

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Recruits of Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, take the first steps of a 5-mile conditioning hike May 7, 2016, on Parris Island, This is one of several hikes meant to prepare the recruits for the physical rigors of the Crucible. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate June 3, 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. Aaron Bolser)

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