Marine Corps Rct. Erica J. Colon, Platoon 4027, Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, uses a clipboard to signal for her target to be taken down and scored June 21, 2017, on Parris Island, Colon, 24, from Fairview, , is scheduled to graduate July 28, 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 app

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Marine Corps Rct. Erica J. Colon, Platoon 4027, Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, uses a clipboard to signal for her target to be taken down and scored June 21, 2017, on Parris Island, Colon, 24, from Fairview, , is scheduled to graduate July 28, 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. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Jacob)

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