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Rct. Brett Clay, right, Platoon 1056, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, prepares for a bout against Rct. Joseph Rhodes, Platoon 1058, during pugil stick training June 24, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. The recruits wore mouth guards, flak vests, gloves and helmets to protect from the blows of their opponent’s pugil stick, a large padded baton that represents a rifle with an affixed bayonet. Clay, an 18-year-old from Dandridge, Tenn., and Rhodes, a 20-year-old from Canton, Ga., used the rifle and bayonet techniques they learned earlier in training. 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: | 06.24.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 06.30.2014 17:08 |
| Photo ID: | 1427676 |
| VIRIN: | 140624-M-RV272-037 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 7.17 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | CANTON, GEORGIA, US |
| Hometown: | DANDRIDGE, TENNESSEE, US |
| Web Views: | 372 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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