Rct. Georgia Joyner, Platoon 4012, Papa Company, 4th
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Rct. Georgia Joyner, Platoon 4012, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, responds to a command March 3, 2014, during her initial drill evaluation on Parris Island, S.C. The recruits trained for four weeks prior to the evaluation, attempting to master basic close-order drill movements and a sense of unity. Close-order drill helps transform recruits into Marines by developing teamwork and unit cohesion while instilling discipline by teaching habits of precision and immediate response to orders. Joyner, 18, from New Bern, N.C., is scheduled to graduate April 25, 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 Cpl. Caitlin Brink)
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