Sgt. Shantel Limbo, a drill instructor of Platoon 4039, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, demonstrates an exercise to a group of recruits Sept. 17, 2013, during a physical training session on Parris Island, S.C. Physical training sessions such as this assist in developing recruits' strength, agility and endurance and build them up to the Marine Corps' high physical fitness standards. Limbo is a 25-year-old Phoenix native. November Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 15, 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 Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)
Date Taken: | 09.17.2013 |
Date Posted: | 09.24.2013 14:37 |
Photo ID: | 1024924 |
VIRIN: | 130917-M-PG802-103 |
Resolution: | 3888x2592 |
Size: | 3.29 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | PHOENIX, ARIZONA, US |
Web Views: | 337 |
Downloads: | 11 |
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