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Sgt. Michael McDonald, a water survival instructor, teaches basic swimming techniques to recruits of Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, March 10, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival qualification is a graduation requirement that includes swimming 25 meters, treading water for four minutes, jumping into water from a 10-foot tower and quickly shedding combat equipment while underwater. Recruits wear utility uniforms, including boots, throughout the evaluation. McDonald is a 31-year-old native of Brooklyn, N.Y. Hotel and Oscar Companies are scheduled to graduate May 9, 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 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. Vaniah Temple)
| Date Taken: | 03.10.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 03.13.2014 13:10 |
| Photo ID: | 1185790 |
| VIRIN: | 140310-M-LQ078-008 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 13.91 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, US |
| Web Views: | 565 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
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