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    New recruits take first steps to becoming Marines on Parris Island [Image 3 of 10]

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    New recruits take first steps to becoming Marines on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    02.01.2016

    Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Gunnery Sgt. Jesus A. Rubalcado, a senior drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, encourages recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, to move faster Feb. 1, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits learn from the moment they step on the yellow footprints they are expected to move with speed and intensity and to respond to all commands loudly and confidently. Rubalcado, 32, is from Dallas. Both companies are scheduled to graduate April 29, 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 male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)

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    Date Taken: 02.01.2016
    Date Posted: 02.03.2016 14:15
    Photo ID: 2381447
    VIRIN: 160201-M-AR085-244
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 6.19 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US

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