MCRD Parris Island, SC
Alpha & Oscar Companies – Gas Chamber – Sept. 27, 2016
Rct. Teaannie D. Woods, Platoon 4040, Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, breaks the seal on her gas mask Sept. 27, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Woods, 18, from Raleigh, N.C., is scheduled to graduate Nov. 18, 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 Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
Alpha & Oscar Companies – Gas Chamber – Sept. 27, 2016
Rct. Teaannie D. Woods, Platoon 4040, Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, breaks the seal on her gas mask Sept. 27, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Woods, 18, from Raleigh, N.C., is scheduled to graduate Nov. 18, 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 Cpl. Vanessa Austin)