MCRD Parris Island, S.C. -- Today's graduation ceremony was a landmark for the 665 new Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion and November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion.
Among the new Marines are these distinguished graduates:
• Pfc. Trevor Kolb – Augusta, Ga. – Honor Graduate, Platoon 3064
• Pfc. Charlie Franco – Kissimee, Fla. – Honor Graduate, Platoon 3065
• Pfc. Joel Guerra – Homestead, Fla. – Honor Graduate, High PFT/CFT Platoon 3066
• Pfc. Caleb Lasyone – Winnfield, La. – Honor Graduate, Platoon 3068
• Pfc. Ikere Lecompte – Wilmington, Del. – Honor Graduate, Platoon 3069
• Pfc. Nicholas Agrillo – Lansing, Mich. – Honor Graduate, High PFT/CFT Platoon 3070
• Pfc. Crain Brock – Monroe, La. – High Shooter, Platoon 3064
• Pfc. Asher Nowack – Springfield, Ohio – High Shooter, High PFT/CFT Platoon 3065
• Pvt. Riley Wappner – New Albany, Ohio – High Shooter, Platoon 3065
• Pfc. Dominic Duval – Buffalo, N.Y. – High Shooter, Platoon 3066
• Pfc. Nicholas Renaud – New Castle, Del. – High Shooter, Platoon 3068
• Pfc. Charles Davis II – Nicholsville, Ky. – High Shooter, Platoon 3069
• Pfc. Zachary Gushurst – Cedar, Mich. – High Shooter, Platoon 3070
• Pfc. Quentin Jamil Burk – Leesburg, Ga. –High PFT/CFT Platoon 3064
• Pfc. Noah Bradshaw – Goodells, Mich. –High PFT/CFT Platoon 3068
• Pfc. Dustin Black – Hartselle, Ala. –High PFT/CFT Platoon 3069
• Pfc. Mariah Contreras – Amarillo, Texas – Honor Graduate, High Shooter, High PFT/CFT Platoon 4034
• Pfc. Kennedy Griffin – Mount Pleasant, Mich. – Honor Graduate, High Shooter Platoon 4035
• Pfc. Gloria Puente – Canoga Park, Calif. –High PFT/CFT Platoon 4035
Each new Marine persevered through 70 training days while passing each of the seven graduation requirements.
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.