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Rct. Alexis D. Wilks, Platoon 4019, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, leaps into the water during water survival training March 20, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Leaping from the tower simulates abandoning a ship. Wilks, 18, from Cedar Springs, Mich., is scheduled to graduate May, 19, 2017. 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 49 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
| Date Taken: | 03.20.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 03.22.2017 16:02 |
| Photo ID: | 3249639 |
| VIRIN: | 170320-M-VP563-181 |
| Resolution: | 3256x4884 |
| Size: | 3.84 MB |
| Location: | PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 63 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
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