United States Marine Corps Rct. Austin W. Shipley of Platoon 1004, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and his fellow recruits practice “buddy rushing”, a tactical form of forward movement to advance toward an enemy, during the Crucible Jan. 9, 2018, on Parris Island, The Crucible, recruit training’s 54-hour culminating event, tests recruits, like Shipley, 18, from Spring Grove, Pa., and their abilities to work together and complete tasks in a stressful environment. Charlie Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 19, 2018. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit
United States Marine Corps Rct. Austin W. Shipley of Platoon 1004, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and his fellow recruits practice “buddy rushing”, a tactical form of forward movement to advance toward an enemy, during the Crucible Jan. 9, 2018, on Parris Island, The Crucible, recruit training’s 54-hour culminating event, tests recruits, like Shipley, 18, from Spring Grove, Pa., and their abilities to work together and complete tasks in a stressful environment. Charlie Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 19, 2018. 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. ( Marine Corps
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