Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Tremain C. McCallum, Platoon 3001, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, reads a drill card for his next command Nov. 16, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Drillmasters, experts on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual, grade the drill instructors and recruits on a series of precision drill movements. McCallum, 27, is from Indianapolis. India Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 8, 2016. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 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 approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
Date Taken: | 11.16.2015 |
Date Posted: | 11.17.2015 15:15 |
Photo ID: | 2291511 |
VIRIN: | 151116-M-VP563-003 |
Resolution: | 3256x4884 |
Size: | 3.79 MB |
Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
Hometown: | INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, US |
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