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Staff Sgt. Jonathan Mejia, senior drill instructor for Platoon 3017, Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, reminds recruits to stay low when jumping over a wall Feb. 21, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Mejia, 27, from San Diego, told recruits that a smaller target was harder for an enemy to see. Though the danger on the course was simulated, recruits may see combat as Marines. The course is part of Basic Warrior Training, held during the ninth week of boot camp, which focuses on basic field-related skills all Marines must know. The basic combat training recruits receive while on Parris Island will be broadened after boot camp at follow-on training in Camp Lejeune, N.C. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate March 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: | 02.21.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 02.28.2014 11:16 |
| Photo ID: | 1176659 |
| VIRIN: | 140221-M-FS592-019 |
| Resolution: | 3488x4400 |
| Size: | 1.71 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 509 |
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