Rct. Khyair M. Johnson stands at attention while his

Rct. Khyair M. Johnson stands at attention while his cover is fitted by Rct. Coby B. Fisher, both with Platoon 2016, Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Feb. 10, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Johnson, 19, from Bonneau, S.C., and Fisher, 19, from Chapel Hill, N.C., are scheduled to graduate April 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 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Bolser)