MCRD Parris Island, SC
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Lance Cpl. Aleksey Rizzo, left, a warehouse clerk, helps Rct. Maximo Perez Jr. find the proper-sized trousers Dec. 11, 2013, during uniform issue for Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, on Parris Island, S.C. Perez, with Platoon 2014, and his fellow recruits were able to try on the Corps’ dress and service uniforms for the first time Dec. 11, 2013. Most of the garments were fitted and sent away to be tailored for each recruit. However, they will shortly wear the uniforms during inspections and their graduation ceremony. Rizzo, 20, is from Garden City, N.Y. Perez, an 18-year-old native of Queens, N.Y., is scheduled to graduate Jan. 31, 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 Cpl. Octavia Davis)
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Lance Cpl. Aleksey Rizzo, left, a warehouse clerk, helps Rct. Maximo Perez Jr. find the proper-sized trousers Dec. 11, 2013, during uniform issue for Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, on Parris Island, S.C. Perez, with Platoon 2014, and his fellow recruits were able to try on the Corps’ dress and service uniforms for the first time Dec. 11, 2013. Most of the garments were fitted and sent away to be tailored for each recruit. However, they will shortly wear the uniforms during inspections and their graduation ceremony. Rizzo, 20, is from Garden City, N.Y. Perez, an 18-year-old native of Queens, N.Y., is scheduled to graduate Jan. 31, 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 Cpl. Octavia Davis)