MCRD Parris Island, SC
Alpha Company – Initial Drill Evaluation – Nov. 17, 2014
Staff Sgt. Jasen Wrubel, a regimental drillmaster, evaluates Platoon 1004, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, during an initial drill evaluation Nov. 17, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Drillmasters, experts on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual, grade recruits on their discipline and appearance. Wrubel, 30, is from Roseville, Mich. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 9, 2015. 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. Jennifer Schubert)
Alpha Company – Initial Drill Evaluation – Nov. 17, 2014
Staff Sgt. Jasen Wrubel, a regimental drillmaster, evaluates Platoon 1004, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, during an initial drill evaluation Nov. 17, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Drillmasters, experts on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual, grade recruits on their discipline and appearance. Wrubel, 30, is from Roseville, Mich. Alpha Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 9, 2015. 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. Jennifer Schubert)