Rct. Aseel Salman, Platoon 4039, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, stands at attention during her platoon’s final drill evaluation Nov. 6, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Salman was an interpreter for the U.S. Army for six years in Baghdad, Iraq, before coming to the United States and joining the Marine Corps. Salman, a 30-year-old resident of Winchester, Va., 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: | 11.06.2013 |
Date Posted: | 11.15.2013 11:34 |
Photo ID: | 1052955 |
VIRIN: | 131106-M-PG802-003 |
Resolution: | 3840x5760 |
Size: | 4.01 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, US |
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