Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. John E. Kornegay, Platoon 3025, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, leads his platoon during a final drill evaluation April 12, 2017, on Parris Island, Kornegay, 31, is from Harrisonburg, Va. India Company is scheduled to graduate April 21, 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 enlist

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Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. John E. Kornegay, Platoon 3025, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, leads his platoon during a final drill evaluation April 12, 2017, on Parris Island, Kornegay, 31, is from Harrisonburg, Va. India Company is scheduled to graduate April 21, 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. (Photo by Cpl. Aaron Bolser)

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