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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Matthew M. James encourages Marine Recruit Joseph D. Contois to do a better job of lining up footgear placed under barracks "racks," or bunk beds, Nov. 3 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. James is one of the 500 or so drill instructors that introduce about 18,000 recruits a year to their new lives at Parris Island. Recruits from west of the Mississippi River go to San Diego for boot camp; those who enlist east of the Mississippi go to Parris Island. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Matthew M. James encourages Marine Recruit Joseph D. Contois to do a better job of lining up footgear placed under barracks "racks," or bunk beds, Nov. 3 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. James is one of the 500 or so drill instructors that introduce about 18,000 recruits a year to their new lives at Parris Island. Recruits from west of the Mississippi River go to San Diego for boot camp; those who enlist east of the Mississippi go to Parris Island. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Matthew M. James encourages Marine Recruit Joseph D. Contois to do a better job of lining up footgear placed under barracks "racks," or bunk beds, Nov. 3 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. James is one of the 500 or so drill instructors that introduce about 18,000 recruits a year to their new lives at Parris Island. Recruits from west of the Mississippi River go to San Diego for boot camp; those who enlist east of the Mississippi go to Parris Island. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

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