MCRD Parris Island, SC
India Company – Final Drill – April 20, 2016
Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Brandon B. Ruth, Platoon 3034, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, sheaths his sword during a final drill evaluation April 20, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Ruth, 28, is from Houston. India Company is scheduled to graduate April 29, 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)
India Company – Final Drill – April 20, 2016
Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Brandon B. Ruth, Platoon 3034, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, sheaths his sword during a final drill evaluation April 20, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Ruth, 28, is from Houston. India Company is scheduled to graduate April 29, 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)