Rct. Sophia Zabarsky, Platoon 4026, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, completes a set of pullups during a physical fitness session July 9, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. The use of an assistance band allows recruits to maximize the number of pullups performed. Recruits perform various exercises meant to strengthen the main muscle groups and prepare them for the physical fitness and combat fitness tests, both of which are graduation requirements. Zabarsky, 18, from Worcester, Mass., is scheduled to graduate Aug. 8, 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. Caitlin Brink)
Date Taken: | 07.09.2014 |
Date Posted: | 07.18.2014 13:23 |
Photo ID: | 1453599 |
VIRIN: | 140709-M-FS592-164 |
Resolution: | 3840x5760 |
Size: | 10.61 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, US |
Web Views: | 101 |
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