Recruits of Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion,

Recruits of Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, warm up before a physical training session Aug. 25, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits do various exercises meant to strengthen the main muscle groups and prepare them for the Physical Fitness Test and Combat Fitness Tests, both of which are graduation requirements. Hotel Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 4, 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 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)