Rct. Samuel D. McClymont, Platoon 3086, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, climbs over a log on an obstacle course Aug. 15, 2016, on Parris Island, McClymont, 18, from Easton, Pa., is scheduled to graduate Oct. 21, 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 males and 100 per

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Rct. Samuel D. McClymont, Platoon 3086, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, climbs over a log on an obstacle course Aug. 15, 2016, on Parris Island, McClymont, 18, from Easton, Pa., is scheduled to graduate Oct. 21, 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 males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

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