Photo Gallery: Parris Island recruits hone Corps' martial arts mettle

Photo By Cpl. MaryAnn Hill | Recruits of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, practice martial arts techniques July 16, 2013, during a training session on Parris Island, S.C. The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program combines hand-to-hand combat skills with mental discipline and character development to help transform recruits into honorable warriors. Recruits must earn their tan belts, the first level in the program, in order to graduate. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 13, 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)  

PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

07.19.2013

Story by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - The recruits of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, practiced martial arts techniques July 16, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C.

The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program combines hand-to-hand combat skills with mental discipline and character development to help transform recruits into honorable warriors. Recruits must earn their tan belts, the first level in the program, to graduate training. Delta Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 13, 2013.

• Date Taken: 07.19.2013
• Date Posted: 07.19.2013 10:57
• Story ID: 110476
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
• Hometown: AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, US
• Hometown: BRONX, NEW YORK, US
• Hometown: FAIRMONT, NEBRASKA, US
• Hometown: MIAMI, FLORIDA, US