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Sgt. William Loughran currently serves as a Marine Corps drill instructor with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Loughran joined the Marine Corps in December 2004 and became a drill instructor in September 2012. “[Being a drill instructor] is the most demanding duty … yet probably the most rewarding thing I have ever done,” said Loughran, a Jacksonville, N.C., native. “Maybe it's because I feel strongly for the Corps, and knowing that I get to impart a little of me, my mentality, strength, morals and ethics into these recruits make it a good day by the end of the night. Also, to shake a new Marine’s hand and give him an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor after the Crucible hike is a feeling that can't be described. Finally watching them graduate and hearing them finally admit that it was all worth it lets me know that I've done what I was sent to do.” About 600 Marine Corps drill instructors shape the approximately 20,000 recruits who come to Parris Island annually into basic United States Marines. 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: | 09.18.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 09.19.2013 13:33 |
| Photo ID: | 1021583 |
| VIRIN: | 130918-M-FS592-154 |
| Resolution: | 3456x2304 |
| Size: | 2 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 461 |
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