Staff Sgt. Nicholas Granter, a senior drill instructor, orders future recruits of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, to sit up straight and heed all commands following their arrival to training Aug. 26, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. The first hour on the Island is one of many recruits will spend learning what it takes to earn the title of United States Marine. Granter, 28, from Mansfield, Ohio, is one of a handful of drill instructors responsible for preparing new recruits for training. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 22, 2013. 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: | 08.26.2013 |
Date Posted: | 09.05.2013 15:55 |
Photo ID: | 1010617 |
VIRIN: | 130826-M-FS592-430 |
Resolution: | 3456x2304 |
Size: | 3.12 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | MANSFIELD, OHIO, US |
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