Marine Corps Sgt. Jarrod Johnson, field training instructor with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, prepares the rappel tower Aug. 1, 2017, on Parris Island, Instructors, like Johnson, 24, from Jacksonville, Fla., are responsible for the safety of recruits when they rappel from the 47-foot-tall tower. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Sept. 22, 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 rig

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Marine Corps Sgt. Jarrod Johnson, field training instructor with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, prepares the rappel tower Aug. 1, 2017, on Parris Island, Instructors, like Johnson, 24, from Jacksonville, Fla., are responsible for the safety of recruits when they rappel from the 47-foot-tall tower. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Sept. 22, 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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