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Rct. Deion Smith, Platoon 3102, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, lunges during a physical training session Oct. 1, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Throughout boot camp, recruits participate in more than 30 physical training sessions to increase their strength and stamina and prepare for the combat fitness and physical fitness tests they must pass to graduate. Smith, 18, from Belle Glade, Fla., is scheduled to graduate Dec. 19, 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: | 10.01.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 11.23.2014 09:03 |
| Photo ID: | 1673128 |
| VIRIN: | 141001-M-FS592-108 |
| Resolution: | 3328x4992 |
| Size: | 1.24 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA, US |
| Web Views: | 82 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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