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Sgt. Fernando Horta, a drill instructor, prepares to welcome future recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, into the receiving building Nov. 18, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. For these young men, stepping through the silver doors symbolized the transition from civilians to Marine recruits and the beginning of their transformation into United States Marines. Horta, 28, from West New York, N.J., is one of a handful of drill instructors responsible for preparing new recruits for training. India Company is scheduled to graduate Feb. 14, 2014. 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: | 11.18.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 12.02.2013 18:17 |
| Photo ID: | 1064085 |
| VIRIN: | 131118-M-FS592-040 |
| Resolution: | 5208x2820 |
| Size: | 1.72 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, US |
| Web Views: | 398 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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