Rct. Jordan Hice, Platoon 2101, Hotel Company, 2nd

Rct. Jordan Hice, Platoon 2101, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, climbs a Confidence Course obstacle Oct. 7, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits tackled, scaled and weaved their way through the course’s 15 obstacles, which are designed to increase self-confidence. Hice, 24, from Warren, Ohio, is scheduled to graduate Dec. 12, 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. Jennifer Schubert)