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Recruits of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, burst out of the water Dec. 16, 2013, after shedding gear during water survival qualifications on Parris Island, S.C. This part of the qualification ensures recruits can remove heavy combat gear underwater in 10 seconds or less so they do not drown. Water survival qualification was designed to raise recruits' self-confidence, reduce fear and ensure they can survive in water. Oscar 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: | 12.16.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 12.18.2013 19:19 |
| Photo ID: | 1140574 |
| VIRIN: | 131216-M-FS592-255 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 5.3 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 218 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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