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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits survive first night on Parris Island [Image 16 of 21]

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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits survive first night on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    08.26.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Sgt. George Caldwell, a drill instructor, beckons new recruits of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, through the silver doors and into the receiving building Aug. 26, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Stepping through the doors symbolizes the transition from civilians to recruits and the beginning of their transformation into United States Marines. Caldwell, 25, from Beckley, W.Va., 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)

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    Date Taken: 08.26.2013
    Date Posted: 09.05.2013 15:55
    Photo ID: 1010619
    VIRIN: 130826-M-FS592-459
    Resolution: 3456x2304
    Size: 3.37 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, US

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