Rct. Andres Bonilla, Platoon 3068, India Company, 3rd

Rct. Andres Bonilla, Platoon 3068, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, storms through a combat training course Aug. 9, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Bonilla, 20, from Gainesville, Va., is scheduled to graduate Sept. 2, 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 approximately 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)