Marines teach water survival during Marine Week [Image 7 of 11]

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

09.06.2018

Photo by Lance Cpl. Naomi May 

Marine Corps Recruiting Command           

Frouke Beeksma, an athlete of the Royals Swimming Team at the Queens University of Charlotte, participates in Marine Corps water survival training during United States Marine Corps’ 2018 Marine Week in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 6, 2018. Marine Corps water survival training’s purpose is to reduce fear, raise self-confidence, and develop Marines with the ability to survive in water. All occupational fields are now open to women, in this the 100th year of females serving in the Marine Corps, and women currently serve in 82% of Marine Corps occupational specialties with 283 female Marines currently assigned to previously-restricted units and 92 in previously restricted jobs. Recruiting female Marines allows the Corps to maintain rigorous aptitude and physical standards, ensuring the Marine Corps remains the dominant fighting force the nations expects. The Royals Swimming men and women’s teams have won first place in Division II National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships for the past four years. The Marine Corps Recruiting Command planned unique engagements to interact with important components of the Charlotte population, looking to share its message of opportunity with a diverse audience of people who in many cases had little previous exposure to the Corps’ culture. (Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Naomi Marcom)

• Date Taken: 09.06.2018
• Date Posted: 09.07.2018 07:42
• Photo ID: 4706283
• VIRIN: 180906-M-HX988-006
• Resolution: 2154x1536
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• Location: CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, US