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Mar 13, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt Willie T. Tompkins, the company first sergeant of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, delivers a speech at the Iwo Jima Memorial Monument during the Eagle, Globe and Anchor Ceremony on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 15, 2025. Following a culminating 15k hike to Peatross Parade Deck, recruits are given their EGA and officially become United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. William Horsley)

CAMERA

Canon EOS R

LENS

RF15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM

APERTURE

56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

2000

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R

LENS

RF15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM

APERTURE

56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

2000

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island