A recruit from Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, adjusts a button on a fellow recruit’s uniform before a photo is taken April 27, 2017, on Parris Island, Recruits take time to ensure their uniforms meet Marine Corps standards before taking their first official Marine Corps photograph. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate June 16, 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, transforma
A recruit from Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, adjusts a button on a fellow recruit’s uniform before a photo is taken April 27, 2017, on Parris Island, Recruits take time to ensure their uniforms meet Marine Corps standards before taking their first official Marine Corps photograph. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate June 16, 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. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro)
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