Marine Corps Pvt. Emily K. Valley, Platoon 4022, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, shakes hands with her drill instructor after earning the Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem June 24, 2017, on Parris Island, Valley, 19, from Shelton, Wash., is scheduled to graduate June 30, 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 enlis

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Marine Corps Pvt. Emily K. Valley, Platoon 4022, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, shakes hands with her drill instructor after earning the Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem June 24, 2017, on Parris Island, Valley, 19, from Shelton, Wash., is scheduled to graduate June 30, 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 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

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