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Rct. Andrew Courville, Platoon 3029, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, swims 25 meters during water survival qualification Feb. 24, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits also learned how to create makeshift flotation devices using their utility uniforms and packs, leapt from a 10-foot tower into the pool and shed their gear in 10 seconds or less while underwater. Each exercise simulates a water survival technique recruits may need if they become Marines. Courville, 19, from Lake Charles, La., is scheduled to graduate April 25, 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: | 02.24.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 03.06.2014 21:01 |
| Photo ID: | 1180804 |
| VIRIN: | 140224-M-FS592-254 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 2.14 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, US |
| Web Views: | 276 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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