Rct. Daniel Jimenez, Platoon 3052, left, and Rct. Emmanuel Febus, Platoon 3053, both with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, tread water for four minutes May 12, 2014, during water survival qualification on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits also leapt from a tower into deep water, swam 25 meters in full utility uniforms and wearing boots and shed their heavy gear in 10 seconds or less while underwater. Each exercise simulates a water survival technique recruits may need if they become Marines. Jimenez, 27, from Acton, Mass., and Febus, 20, from Utica, N.Y., are scheduled to graduate July 11, 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: | 05.12.2014 |
Date Posted: | 05.14.2014 09:38 |
Photo ID: | 1339003 |
VIRIN: | 140512-M-FS592-166 |
Resolution: | 568x354 |
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Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS, US |
Hometown: | UTICA, NEW YORK, US |
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