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    Photo Gallery: Recruits transition to Marine boot camp life on Parris Island [Image 11 of 14]

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    Photo Gallery: Recruits transition to Marine boot camp life on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    03.27.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Senior drill instructor Sgt. Fernando Horta Jr. teaches recruits of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, how they will eat March 27, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits learn to be orderly, even when eating. The young men spent their first week on the island learning and adjusting to the standards of Marine boot camp. This first week, known as receiving week, prepares recruits for the official training curriculum so they may be successful. Horta is a 28-year-old from West New York, N.J. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate June 20, 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: 03.27.2014
    Date Posted: 04.08.2014 09:41
    Photo ID: 1231645
    VIRIN: 140327-M-RV272-134
    Resolution: 3840x5760
    Size: 6.84 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, US

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