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Col. Randall S. Hoffman, Commanding Officer, Weapons & Field Training Battalion

Col. Randall S. Hoffman, Commanding Officer, Weapons & Field Training Battalion

Photo by Lance Cpl. Cooper

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Photo by CPL. AARON BOLSER

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Oscar Company, 4th Battalion and Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, attend a class on rope techniques on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., June 6, 2017. Recruits learn both fast roping and rappeling techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Richard Currier/released)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Oscar Company, 4th Battalion and Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, attend a class on rope techniques on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., June 6, 2017. Recruits learn both fast roping and rappeling techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Richard Currier/released)

Photo by Cpl. Richard Currier

A drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, gives new recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, one of their first orders on Parris Island, S.C., May 22, 2017. Recruits must go through processing to ensure they have the necessary uniforms and equipment to begin training. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 49 perceA U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, gives new recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, one of their first orders on Parris Island, S.C., May 22, 2017. Recruits must go through processing to ensure they have the necessary uniforms and equipment to begin training. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 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 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)nt of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

A drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, gives new recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, one of their first orders on Parris Island, S.C., May 22, 2017. Recruits must go through processing to ensure they have the necessary uniforms and equipment to begin training. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 49 perceA U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, gives new recruits of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, one of their first orders on Parris Island, S.C., May 22, 2017. Recruits must go through processing to ensure they have the necessary uniforms and equipment to begin training. Echo Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 18, 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 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)nt of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Richard Hibble, a senior drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, orders recruits of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, to walk through the iconic silver doors June 5, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Senior drill instructors, like Hibble, 28, from Kenilworth, N.J., are responsible for the accountability and administrative processing of new recruits before they start training with their company drill instructors. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 1, 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 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Richard Hibble, a senior drill instructor with Recruit Processing Company, Support Battalion, orders recruits of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, to walk through the iconic silver doors June 5, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Senior drill instructors, like Hibble, 28, from Kenilworth, N.J., are responsible for the accountability and administrative processing of new recruits before they start training with their company drill instructors. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate Sept. 1, 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 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren

Recruit Processing Company - responsible for entry-level processing all recruits once they arrive on Parris Island as well as those recruits recommended for separation prior to completing training.

Recruit Processing Company - responsible for entry-level processing all recruits once they arrive on Parris Island as well as those recruits recommended for separation prior to completing training.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Oscar and Golf Company, Recruit Training Regiment, do buddy drags while conducting the Combat Endurance Course on Parris Island, S.C. on May 20, 2017. The Combat Endurance Course consists of a 2.5 mile run with obstacles and scenarios along the way to improve small unit leadership among the recruits. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Richard Currier/released)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Oscar and Golf Company, Recruit Training Regiment, do buddy drags while conducting the Combat Endurance Course on Parris Island, S.C. on May 20, 2017. The Combat Endurance Course consists of a 2.5 mile run with obstacles and scenarios along the way to improve small unit leadership among the recruits. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Richard Currier/released)

Photo by Cpl. Richard Currier

U.S. Marine Corps Recruits with Company O, 4th Battalion and Company G, 2nd Battalion run 880 meters, known as movement to contact, during the initial Combat Fitness Test (CFT) on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., May, 13, 2017. An initial CFT is used to gauge how prepared the future Marines are for their final CFT which is a graduation requirement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Pete Thibodeau/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Recruits with Company O, 4th Battalion and Company G, 2nd Battalion run 880 meters, known as movement to contact, during the initial Combat Fitness Test (CFT) on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., May, 13, 2017. An initial CFT is used to gauge how prepared the future Marines are for their final CFT which is a graduation requirement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Pete Thibodeau/Released)

Photo by CWO2 Pete Thibodeau

U.S. Marine Corps Recruits with Company O, 4th Battalion and Company G, 2nd Battalion move through the maneuver under fire portion of the Combat Fitness Test during an initial CFT on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., May, 13, 2017. An initial CFT is used to gauge how prepared the future Marines are for their final CFT which is a graduation requirement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Pete Thibodeau/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Recruits with Company O, 4th Battalion and Company G, 2nd Battalion move through the maneuver under fire portion of the Combat Fitness Test during an initial CFT on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., May, 13, 2017. An initial CFT is used to gauge how prepared the future Marines are for their final CFT which is a graduation requirement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Pete Thibodeau/Released)

Photo by CWO2 Pete Thibodeau

U.S. Marine Corps Rct. Brooke Gearheart with Platoon 4020, Company O, 4th Battalion carries Rct. Chase Thomas with Platoon 2040, Company G, 2nd Battalion during the maneuver under fire portion of the Combat Fitness Test during an initial CFT on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., May, 13, 2017. An initial CFT is used to gauge how prepared the future Marines are for their final CFT which is a graduation requirement. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colby Cooper/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Rct. Brooke Gearheart with Platoon 4020, Company O, 4th Battalion carries Rct. Chase Thomas with Platoon 2040, Company G, 2nd Battalion during the maneuver under fire portion of the Combat Fitness Test during an initial CFT on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., May, 13, 2017. An initial CFT is used to gauge how prepared the future Marines are for their final CFT which is a graduation requirement. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colby Cooper/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colby Cooper

Marines from the Tri-Command Single Marines & Sailors Program receive the Senator David Thomas Award from Edgar Jansons, Port Royal Police Department, on Feb. 23, 2017, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The award recognizes individuals or groups throughout South Carolina for their dedication to keeping their communities clean. Parris Island’s 40 or so graduations each year bring tens of thousands of visitors to the local area, but one downside to that influx of people is the associated increase in litter, a problem the program members help to offset.

Marines from the Tri-Command Single Marines & Sailors Program receive the Senator David Thomas Award from Edgar Jansons, Port Royal Police Department, on Feb. 23, 2017, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The award recognizes individuals or groups throughout South Carolina for their dedication to keeping their communities clean. Parris Island’s 40 or so graduations each year bring tens of thousands of visitors to the local area, but one downside to that influx of people is the associated increase in litter, a problem the program members help to offset.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro

A member of the Special Response Team sights in on a simulated active shooting suspect during an anti-terrorism/force protection exercise on Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 2, 2017. The exercise simulated an active shooter and hostage situation and was designed to test various aspects of the depot’s emergency response capabilities. (Photo by Cpl. Aaron Bolser)

A member of the Special Response Team sights in on a simulated active shooting suspect during an anti-terrorism/force protection exercise on Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 2, 2017. The exercise simulated an active shooter and hostage situation and was designed to test various aspects of the depot’s emergency response capabilities. (Photo by Cpl. Aaron Bolser)

Photo by Cpl. Aaron Bolser

Sergeant Major, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion

Sergeant Major, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion

Photo by Lance Cpl. Cooper

Sgt. Maj. Rafael Rodriguez accepts a noncommissioned officer sword from Brig. Gen. Austin E. Renforth, commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Parris Island, S.C., on Jan. 13, 2017, during a relief and appointment ceremony for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region sergeant major. The passing of the sword symbolizes the transfer of responsibilities and accountability from the outgoing senior-enlisted advisor to the incoming. Sgt. Maj. Angela M. Maness relinquished her post as the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region sergeant major to Rodriguez, who comes to the depot from Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro)

Sgt. Maj. Rafael Rodriguez accepts a noncommissioned officer sword from Brig. Gen. Austin E. Renforth, commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Parris Island, S.C., on Jan. 13, 2017, during a relief and appointment ceremony for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region sergeant major. The passing of the sword symbolizes the transfer of responsibilities and accountability from the outgoing senior-enlisted advisor to the incoming. Sgt. Maj. Angela M. Maness relinquished her post as the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region sergeant major to Rodriguez, who comes to the depot from Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro

Drill instructors of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, retire the guidons Dec. 2, 2016. The guidons are retired after each platoon graduates.

Drill instructors of Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, retire the guidons Dec. 2, 2016. The guidons are retired after each platoon graduates.

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Braylin. Young prepares to do a clean and jerk lift during practice July 21, 2016, in Beaufort, S.C. Braylin is on Team Beaufort Olympic Weightlifting team and recently won the 14-15 Individual 85 kg at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Competition on June 25, 2016, in Austin, Texas.

Braylin. Young prepares to do a clean and jerk lift during practice July 21, 2016, in Beaufort, S.C. Braylin is on Team Beaufort Olympic Weightlifting team and recently won the 14-15 Individual 85 kg at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Competition on June 25, 2016, in Austin, Texas.

Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin

Braylin X. Young, left, stands with his inspiration and father, Master Sgt. Trevor C. Young. Braylin, who won the 14-15 Individual 85 kg at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Competition held in June in Austin, Texas, got started lifting weights by his father who first brought him along to workouts as a way to do some father-son bonding. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas)

Braylin X. Young, left, stands with his inspiration and father, Master Sgt. Trevor C. Young. Braylin, who won the 14-15 Individual 85 kg at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Competition held in June in Austin, Texas, got started lifting weights by his father who first brought him along to workouts as a way to do some father-son bonding. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas

Braylin X. Young, left, stands with his inspiration and father, Master Sgt. Trevor C. Young. Braylin, who won the 14-15 Individual 85 kg at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Competition held in June in Austin, Texas, got started lifting weights by his father who first brought him along to workouts as a way to do some father-son bonding. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas)

Braylin X. Young, left, stands with his inspiration and father, Master Sgt. Trevor C. Young. Braylin, who won the 14-15 Individual 85 kg at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Competition held in June in Austin, Texas, got started lifting weights by his father who first brought him along to workouts as a way to do some father-son bonding. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas

The Parris Island Marine Band provides musical support for ceremonies,functions, and other occasions aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, and within the Beaufort Tri-Command and Southeast Region; supports the total force recruiting mission within the Eastern Recruiting Region; and
performs community relations and public outreach events across the United States in order to improve morale, inspire, motivate, and instill a sense of pride and patriotism, and to re-affirm our core values, customs, and traditions, and best represent the United States Marine Corps.

The Parris Island Marine Band provides musical support for ceremonies,functions, and other occasions aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, and within the Beaufort Tri-Command and Southeast Region; supports the total force recruiting mission within the Eastern Recruiting Region; and performs community relations and public outreach events across the United States in order to improve morale, inspire, motivate, and instill a sense of pride and patriotism, and to re-affirm our core values, customs, and traditions, and best represent the United States Marine Corps.

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, center, speaks with Capt. Taylor Bates, left, commander of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, and Capt. Larry Black Jr., commander of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, about the Crucible March 3, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Parris Island is the only place in the Marine Corps where enlisted males and females undergo 70 training days to earn the title United States Marine. 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 Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, center, speaks with Capt. Taylor Bates, left, commander of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, and Capt. Larry Black Jr., commander of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, about the Crucible March 3, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Parris Island is the only place in the Marine Corps where enlisted males and females undergo 70 training days to earn the title United States Marine. 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 Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas/USMC

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island