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Apr 8, 2017

Col. William C. Gray, assistant chief of staff for operations at the Marine Corps Recruiting Command, presents an Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem to his niece, Pvt. Mckenzie I. Holmes, Platoon 4012, Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 8, 2017. The emblem is earned only by those who are imbued with the Corps’ core values and have proven themselves worthy of the title Marine. 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 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro)

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