Rct. Robert J. Foston, Platoon 1078, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, tries on a uniform Aug. 17, 2016, on Parris Island, Foston, 22, from Roseville, Mich., is scheduled to graduate Oct. 7, 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 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of fema

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Rct. Robert J. Foston, Platoon 1078, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, tries on a uniform Aug. 17, 2016, on Parris Island, Foston, 22, from Roseville, Mich., is scheduled to graduate Oct. 7, 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 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

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