Rct. Analilia Trejo Salguera, Platoon 4003, November
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Rct. Analilia Trejo Salguera, Platoon 4003, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, stretches her legs during a dynamic warmup before a physical training session Nov. 26, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits complete these warmups before every training session to help prevent injuries. Physical training sessions assist in developing recruits' strength, agility and endurance and build them up to the Marine Corps' high physical fitness standards. Trejo Salguera, an 18-year-old native of San Jose, Calif., is scheduled to graduate Jan. 24, 2014. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)
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