Recruits of Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, spread out during a martial arts training session Feb. 18, 2016, on Parris Island, Keeping distance between recruits is one of many safety precautions used during training. Papa Company is scheduled to graduate April 29, 2016. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 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 train


Recruits of Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, spread out during a martial arts training session Feb. 18, 2016, on Parris Island, Keeping distance between recruits is one of many safety precautions used during training. Papa Company is scheduled to graduate April 29, 2016. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 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 Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)


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