MCRD Parris Island, SC
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Dennis Murphy, photographer, adjusts a recruit’s uniform before taking the recruit’s first official Marine Corps photo Sept. 5, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruit boot camp photos have been taken in training since the 1950s. Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 10, 2014. 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 of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Vaniah Temple)
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Dennis Murphy, photographer, adjusts a recruit’s uniform before taking the recruit’s first official Marine Corps photo Sept. 5, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruit boot camp photos have been taken in training since the 1950s. Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 10, 2014. 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 of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Vaniah Temple)