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Rct. Austin Root, left, Platoon 1056, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, prepares to fight Rct. Donte Moss, Platoon 1056, during pugil stick training June 24, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. The recruits wear helmets, flak vests, mouth guards and gloves as they fight in 15-second bouts with pugil sticks, large padded batons that represent rifles with affixed bayonets. Pugil stick training is part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, which fuses hand-to-hand combat skills with character development, yielding a strong, morally sound Marine warrior. Root, a 19-year-old from Jacksonville, Fla., and Moss, an 18-year-old from Green Pond, S.C., are scheduled to graduate Aug. 29, 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. Octavia Davis)
| Date Taken: | 06.24.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 06.30.2014 17:08 |
| Photo ID: | 1427699 |
| VIRIN: | 140624-M-RV272-148 |
| Resolution: | 5256x3552 |
| Size: | 9.87 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | GREEN POND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
| Web Views: | 518 |
| Downloads: | 8 |
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