Rct. Skylar Billings, Platoon 4008, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, is used to demonstrate the proper way to wear a sock bun Dec. 16, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Female recruits learn how to wear their hair in accordance with Marine Corps regulations. Billings, 19, from Savannah, Ga., is scheduled to graduate March 14, 2014. 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. Caitlin Brink)
Date Taken: | 12.16.2013 |
Date Posted: | 12.19.2013 18:15 |
Photo ID: | 1141634 |
VIRIN: | 131216-M-FS592-568 |
Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
Size: | 5.17 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, US |
Web Views: | 1,074 |
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