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Sgt. Jessie Ontiveros, senior drill instructor for Platoon 3068, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, salutes Lt. Col. James Shelton, the battalion commander, signaling the platoon is formed and ready for inspection Sept. 4, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. New Marines must pass the battalion commander's inspection to graduate recruit training. Ontiveros, 26, is a Kerrville, Texas, native, and Shelton, 47, is a native of Harlan, Iowa. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 6, 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: | 09.04.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 09.06.2013 08:26 |
| Photo ID: | 1011322 |
| VIRIN: | 130904-M-FS592-014 |
| Resolution: | 3456x2304 |
| Size: | 2.83 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | HARLAN, IOWA, US |
| Hometown: | KERRVILLE, TEXAS, US |
| Web Views: | 1,233 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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Photo Gallery: Marines complete last inspection before graduation on Parris Island
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