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Recruits of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, swim 25 meters across the recruit pool during their water survival test Sept. 23, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. The qualification, which is a graduation requirement, includes swimming 25 meters, treading water for four minutes, swimming with combat gear and jumping into water from a 10-foot tower. Water survival training was designed to reduce fear, instill self-confidence and ensure recruits and Marines have the ability to survive in water. 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: | 09.23.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 09.30.2013 20:38 |
| Photo ID: | 1028274 |
| VIRIN: | 130923-M-FS592-017 |
| Resolution: | 3456x2304 |
| Size: | 2.48 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 97 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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