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Delta Company, 1st Training Battalion, stands in formation around the half-size Marine Corps Memorial sculpture on the parade deck of Parris Island Marine Recruit Depot, S.C. The recruits had just finished the Crucible, the culminating event of Marine Corps basic training. Lance Cpl. Michael J. Supples, USMC

Delta Company, 1st Training Battalion, stands in formation around the half-size Marine Corps Memorial sculpture on the parade deck of Parris Island Marine Recruit Depot, S.C. The recruits had just finished the Crucible, the culminating event of Marine Corps basic training. Lance Cpl. Michael J. Supples, USMC

Delta Company, 1st Training Battalion, stands in formation around the half-size Marine Corps Memorial sculpture on the parade deck of Parris Island Marine Recruit Depot, S.C. The recruits had just finished the Crucible, the culminating event of Marine Corps basic training. Lance Cpl. Michael J. Supples, USMC

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