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Staff Sgt. Matthew Stephens, a regimental drillmaster, reviews Platoon 2073, Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, during a final drill evaluation Sept. 24, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Drillmasters, experts on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual, grade recruits on discipline and how well they performed each precision movement. Stephens, 30, is from Danville, Va. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 3, 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 Lance Cpl. Vaniah Temple)
| Date Taken: | 09.24.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 09.25.2014 20:37 |
| Photo ID: | 1568284 |
| VIRIN: | 140924-M-LQ078-117 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 16.98 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | DANVILLE, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 115 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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