MCRD Parris Island, SC
Mike & November Companies – Swim Qualification – Oct. 5, 2015
Recruits of November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, shed excess gear underwater during water survival training March 20, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival qualification, one of seven graduation requirements, also includes a 25-meter swim, leaping from a 10-foot tower, treading water for four minutes and swimming with a field pack. November Company is scheduled to graduate May 19, 2017. 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 49 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
Mike & November Companies – Swim Qualification – Oct. 5, 2015
Recruits of November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, shed excess gear underwater during water survival training March 20, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival qualification, one of seven graduation requirements, also includes a 25-meter swim, leaping from a 10-foot tower, treading water for four minutes and swimming with a field pack. November Company is scheduled to graduate May 19, 2017. 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 49 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)