A drill instructor presents Pfc. Dalton C. Louks, Platoon 2030, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, with an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor during an emblem ceremony April 8, 2017, on Parris Island, Louks, 26, from Orange Park, Fla., is scheduled to graduate April 14, 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
A drill instructor presents Pfc. Dalton C. Louks, Platoon 2030, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, with an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor during an emblem ceremony April 8, 2017, on Parris Island, Louks, 26, from Orange Park, Fla., is scheduled to graduate April 14, 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.
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