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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits complete Crucible, earn Marine title

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    08.08.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Alexis Edmondson, Platoon 4026, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, hits a simulated enemy with the buttstock of her weapon Aug. 8, 2013, during the Crucible at the combat training area on Parris Island, S.C. Edmondson, an 18-year-old native of Dickson, Tenn., used bayonet techniques she learned previously in training on the bayonet-assault course. Recruits must show their mental, moral and physical development in order to validate their transformation into United States Marines during the 54-hour culminating event. November Company 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)

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    Date Taken: 08.08.2013
    Date Posted: 08.12.2013 14:39
    Photo ID: 993666
    VIRIN: 130808-M-PG802-109
    Resolution: 3888x2592
    Size: 1.93 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: DICKSON, TENNESSEE, US

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