Rct. Lester Walker, Platoon 1056, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, responds to orders during an incentive training session June 12, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Walker, an 18-year-old Atlanta native, underwent a series of strenuous exercises administered by his drill instructors. Incentive training is meant to correct minor disciplinary infractions and motivate recruits to improve. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 29, 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: | 06.12.2014 |
Date Posted: | 06.23.2014 11:15 |
Photo ID: | 1412967 |
VIRIN: | 140612-M-RV272-378 |
Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
Size: | 4.47 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | ATLANTA, GEORGIA, US |
Web Views: | 425 |
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