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Rct. Nicholas Mullen, Platoon 1028, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, lifts a 30-pound ammunition can above his head April 15, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. For this portion of the test, recruits must lift the can above their head and lower it below their chin as many times a s possible in two minutes. Mullen, a 23-year-old from Castaic, Calif., is scheduled to graduate May 2, 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)
| Date Taken: | 04.15.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 04.25.2014 11:06 |
| Photo ID: | 1273507 |
| VIRIN: | 140415-M-RV272-287 |
| Resolution: | 3840x5760 |
| Size: | 5.67 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | CASTAIC, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 359 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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