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Gunnery Sgt. Julio Mercedes, senior drill instructor of Platoon 1096, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, encourages Rct. Eric Fulton during an emblem ceremony Dec. 14, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. This ceremony marked the end of a grueling 54-hour training event known as the Crucible in which drill instructors test recruits such as Fulton, a 19-year-old native of Kingstree, S.C., on teamwork, commitment and dedication. Mercedes is a 36-year-old native of Bronx, N.Y. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 20, 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: | 12.14.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 12.19.2013 21:51 |
| Photo ID: | 1141774 |
| VIRIN: | 131214-M-PG802-102 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 4.31 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | BRONX, NEW YORK, US |
| Hometown: | KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 268 |
| Downloads: | 19 |
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