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Senior leaders from around Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island lead the new Marines of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, under the “We Make Marines” sign during a traditional motivational run Oct. 3, 2013, on MCRD Parris Island, S.C. The Marines sang cadence as they ran 2.3 miles past family and friends. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to MCRD Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink/Released)
131003-M-FS592-109.JPG Photo By: Cpl.Caitlin Brink

May 26, 2016
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - Senior leaders from around Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island lead the new Marines of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, under the “We Make Marines” sign during a traditional motivational run Oct. 3, 2013, on MCRD Parris Island, S.C. The Marines sang cadence as they ran 2.3 miles past family and friends. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to MCRD Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink/Released)


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