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Field training instructors ensure recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, have their harnesses properly tied during rappel training March 17, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Tight harnesses help ensure safety while rappelling. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate May 8, 2015. 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 Pfc. Vanessa Austin)
| Date Taken: | 03.17.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.07.2015 09:17 |
| Photo ID: | 1860029 |
| VIRIN: | 150317-M-VP563-003 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 8.5 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 29 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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