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Drill instructor Staff Sgt. Joshua Smith encourages recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, to use proper technique when performing pullups March 21, 2014, during an initial strength test on Parris Island, S.C. The test determines if a recruit is physically ready to begin training. The minimum physical fitness requirements for male recruits to begin training are 44 crunches in two minutes, three pullups and a 1 1/2-mile run in 13 minutes. Smith, 31, is from Saginaw, Mich. India Company is scheduled to graduate June 24, 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: | 03.21.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 03.26.2014 18:36 |
| Photo ID: | 1198249 |
| VIRIN: | 140321-M-FS592-090 |
| Resolution: | 3840x5760 |
| Size: | 5 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, US |
| Web Views: | 241 |
| Downloads: | 10 |
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