MCRD Parris Island, SC
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Rct. Brian Creech, Platoon 1098, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, climbs a rope Dec. 5, 2013, on the Confidence Course on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits attempt the course twice to help build self-confidence and teamwork by overcoming heights and other physical challenges. The course that stands today closely resembles the original version built in the mid-1960s. Creech, an 18-year-old native of Beaufort, S.C., is scheduled to graduate Dec. 20, 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 of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)
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Rct. Brian Creech, Platoon 1098, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, climbs a rope Dec. 5, 2013, on the Confidence Course on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits attempt the course twice to help build self-confidence and teamwork by overcoming heights and other physical challenges. The course that stands today closely resembles the original version built in the mid-1960s. Creech, an 18-year-old native of Beaufort, S.C., is scheduled to graduate Dec. 20, 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 of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)