Rct. Steven R. Radcliff, Platoon 1004, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, slides over a wall on a combat training course Dec. 16, 2014, on Parris Island, Recruits learn basic field-related skills all Marines must know. These skills will be broadened during follow-on training at Camp Lejeune, Radcliff, 20, from Cedar Grove, Tenn., is scheduled to graduate Jan. 9, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by endu
Rct. Steven R. Radcliff, Platoon 1004, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, slides over a wall on a combat training course Dec. 16, 2014, on Parris Island, Recruits learn basic field-related skills all Marines must know. These skills will be broadened during follow-on training at Camp Lejeune, Radcliff, 20, from Cedar Grove, Tenn., is scheduled to graduate Jan. 9, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 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 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Jennifer Schubert) Marine recruits tackle Parris Island combat training course 141216-M-AR085-385
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