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    Recruits meet Parris Island drill instructors who will train them throughout Marine boot camp [Image 10 of 11]

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    Recruits meet Parris Island drill instructors who will train them throughout Marine boot camp

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    06.07.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Octavia Davis 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Sgt. Joseph Boucher, Platoon 1058, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, gives commands to his new recruits during “pickup” June 7, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Pickup is the day when drill instructors meet their recruits and set the tone for the remainder of training. Boucher is a 27-year-old native of Kingston, N.H. 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)

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    Date Taken: 06.07.2014
    Date Posted: 06.26.2014 19:13
    Photo ID: 1422109
    VIRIN: 140607-M-RV272-534
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 5 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: KINGSTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, US

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