MCRD Parris Island, SC
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Col. Paul D. Cucinotta, Recruit Training Regiment commanding officer, and commanding officers from 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, lead the newest Marines of Lima Company through the streets of Parris Island, S.C., on March 3, 2016. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate March 4, 2016. 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 male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)
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Col. Paul D. Cucinotta, Recruit Training Regiment commanding officer, and commanding officers from 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, lead the newest Marines of Lima Company through the streets of Parris Island, S.C., on March 3, 2016. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate March 4, 2016. 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 male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)