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    Photo Gallery: Recruits learn basic field and combat skills on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    03.10.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Kevin Lewis, Platoon 1016, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, hydrates March 10, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Lewis, a 21-year-old from Burlington, N.C., and his fellow recruits spent a week learning basic field and combat skills. Charlie Company is scheduled to graduate April 4, 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. Octavia Davis)

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    Date Taken: 03.10.2014
    Date Posted: 03.24.2014 10:24
    Photo ID: 1193458
    VIRIN: 140310-M-RV272-302
    Resolution: 3714x4179
    Size: 5.89 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, US

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