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Staff Sgt. Phillip Kirkham, a chief drill instructor for Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, asks recruits their weight before beginning a pugil stick match Aug. 4, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits fight against someone within 10 pounds of their weight, making for an evenly matched practice fight. Recruits fight with pugil sticks, which represent rifles with fixed bayonets, to simulate a close encounter with an enemy. Kirkham, 31, is from Jacksonville, Fla. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 17, 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: | 08.04.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 08.13.2014 10:45 |
| Photo ID: | 1499561 |
| VIRIN: | 140804-M-FS592-331 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 5.33 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
| Web Views: | 823 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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