Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Bryan P. Johnson, Platoon 2052, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, coaches his recruits during martial arts training Aug. 25, 2016, on Parris Island, Johnson 29, is from Albany, Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 4, 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 trainin

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Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Bryan P. Johnson, Platoon 2052, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, coaches his recruits during martial arts training Aug. 25, 2016, on Parris Island, Johnson 29, is from Albany, Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 4, 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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