Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Bailey A. Mosley, presents

Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Bailey A. Mosley, presents Pfc. Alexis M Angeles, Platoon 4023, Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, with her Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem June 25, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Angeles, 19, from Orange, Calif., is scheduled to graduate July 1, 2016. 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 males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Vanessa Austin)