Photo Gallery: Marine Corps recruits get confidence boost on Parris Island [Image 3 of 6]

PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

06.12.2013

Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Rct. Samantha Burke, Platoon 4027, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, pulls herself over an obstacle June 12, 2013, on the Confidence Course on Parris Island, S.C. The course is comprised of 15 obstacles and is designed to help Marine Corps recruits build confidence by facing physical challenges and heights. Burke, an 18-year-old native of Las Cruces, N.M., is scheduled to graduate Aug. 16, 2013. 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 for females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)

• Date Taken: 06.12.2013
• Date Posted: 06.20.2013 17:00
• Photo ID: 957755
• VIRIN: 130612-M-PG802-045
• Resolution: 3888x2592
• Size: 6.19 MB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
• Hometown: ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, US
• Hometown: DICKSON, TENNESSEE, US
• Hometown: LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, US
• Hometown: LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: NEWPORT, MAINE, US
• Hometown: PALM COAST, FLORIDA, US
• Hometown: RUTLEDGE, TENNESSEE, US
• Hometown: VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, US