Rct. Ryan P. Kiely, Platoon 3057, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, maneuvers under concertina wire on a combat training course July 15, 2016, on Parris Island, Kiely, 17, from New Bern, , is scheduled to graduate Aug. 5, 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 49 percent of males

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Rct. Ryan P. Kiely, Platoon 3057, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, maneuvers under concertina wire on a combat training course July 15, 2016, on Parris Island, Kiely, 17, from New Bern, , is scheduled to graduate Aug. 5, 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 49 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)

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