MCRD Parris Island, SC
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Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Shantel D. Limbo, Platoon 4040, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, marches her platoon during close-order drill practice Nov. 17, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Close-order drill helps transform recruits into Marines by developing teamwork and unit cohesion while instilling discipline by teaching habits of precision and immediate response to orders. Recruits are graded on their discipline, bearing and attention to detail during their final drill evaluation in the last week of training. Limbo, 27, is from Phoenix. November Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 4, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 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 approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)
151117-M-RK242-008
Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Shantel D. Limbo, Platoon 4040, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, marches her platoon during close-order drill practice Nov. 17, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Close-order drill helps transform recruits into Marines by developing teamwork and unit cohesion while instilling discipline by teaching habits of precision and immediate response to orders. Recruits are graded on their discipline, bearing and attention to detail during their final drill evaluation in the last week of training. Limbo, 27, is from Phoenix. November Company is scheduled to graduate Dec. 4, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 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 approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)