Marines walk the participants of an educators workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island through some of the swimming requirements expected of recruits before they graduate from basic training. Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks
The second and last round of photos from a recent series published in The Albany Herald and albanyherald.com showing an inside look at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. The series of stories and photos were from a educators workshop at the depot that took place in June.
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A squad bay is the place where recruits undergoing training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island sleep.
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Capt. Maryanna Sheck, recruit training regiment escorting officer, guides those taking part in an educators workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Brig. Gen. James Glynn, commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruitment Region, gives a briefing to participants of an educators workshop on the island.
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Before entering the mess hall, recruits undergoing training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are required to wash their hands. Educators taking part in a workshop there were expected to do the same.
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Educators and influencers from Georgia and Florida take part in some of the physical elements of Marine Corps recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island during a recent workshop.
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One of the first things recruits coming in at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island see when they step off the bus are yellow footprints. Participants of educators workshops on the island also step onto those footprints.
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More than a dozen phone boxes line a wall at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, where recruits call home to tell their families they have arrived safely. In the box is a script they are expected to follow.
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The drill instructors at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are key to helping break down the individuality of recruits and implementing a sense of discipline.
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Future “East Coast Marines” and female recruits go to one of several recruiting stations, including Marine Corps District Recruiting Station Jacksonville in Florida, for processing before training begins at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina.
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Maj. Joseph Gill, commanding officer of Sixth Marine Corps District Recruiting Station Jacksonville in Florida, participates in a briefing for participants of an educators workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina before the group departed from Jacksonville to the island.
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A bus departs from Sixth Marine Corps District Recruiting Station Jacksonville in Florida carrying dozens of participants from Georgia and Florida taking part in an educators workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina.
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Participants from Georgia and Florida taking part in an educators workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina attend a “welcome aboard” dinner at the nearby Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort before the official start of the workshop.
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Educators and influencers, primarily from Florida and south Georgia, gather earlier this summer at Recruiting Station Jacksonville enroute to a workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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A group consisting mostly of educators gather at a hotel in Beaufort, S.C. in June to check in for a workshop taking place at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Lap bags and water bottles were among the items received by educators while taking part in a recent workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Upon their arrival in Beaufort, S.C., a group of educators prepare for a night out before a workshop kicks off at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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First Lt. Kenzie Margroum, communication strategy and operations officer for Sixth Marine Corps District, welcomes educators and members of the media to dinner on the first night of an educators workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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A group of educators representing two Marine Corps recruiting stations in Florida, from Jacksonville and Tampa, line up on the yellow footprints to begin their first full day of a workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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A drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island walks educators who attended a workshop there earlier this summer through what a real Marine recruit would see, hear and do upon their arrival for basic training.
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One of the first things a new Marine Corps recruit might do is come in and gather upon their arrival for a briefing with drill instructors. As such, that was one of the first things a group of educators did earlier this summer upon their arrival at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Educators line up to take a closer look at the phone boxes at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island earlier this summer. Upon arrival, actual recruits will open the phone boxes, pick up the receiver and read from a script to inform their loved ones they have arrived for basic training.
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Drill instructors at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island engage in an educators workshop by giving teachers a close-up look of what recruits experience, while also answering questions from the group.
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Wooden desks are the first thing recruits see when they step off the yellow footprints and into the front doors of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. At these desks, they receive a briefing.
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Ahead of a set of wooden desks for new recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is a station for drill instructors.
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A case at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island shows recruits and visitors some of the equipment Marines use.
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Flags representing the home states of Marine recruits can be seen hanging from a building at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Educators taking part in a workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island line up for their drill instructor.
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Participants of an educators workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island listen to drill instructors give an overview of the squad bay experience.
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Drill instructors give educators at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island workshop an overview of the squad bay as well as the gradual process used for training future Marines.
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Educators of a Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island workshop get a feel for the physical aspects of Marine Corps basic training.
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Gear and materials belonging to Marine Corps recruits sit on the floor of a mess hall at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island during a lunch break.
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Educators in a workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island prepare for a briefing on how to shoot an M16 rifle.
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An instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island demonstrates how to load and handle an M16 rifle.
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A shooting range at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island includes targets recruits are expected to hit.
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Marines are required to swim at a certain level and learn how to do survival tactics in the water. They learn those skills in pools, including one at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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A water tower at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island displays the mission the depot has had for roughly a century.
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Families of soon-to-be Marines line up in support of their loved ones during a recent Moto Run at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Officers and Marine Corps recruits take part in a Moto Run earlier this summer at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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The Parris Island Museum at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island shows artifacts from a time period from before the island was occupied by Marines.
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Marine Corps recruits about to complete their training take part in a Family Day ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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A series of obstacles are taken on courses by recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Obstacle courses at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are meant to test recruits in a number of ways.
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Educators at a workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island take on some of the challenges of the obstacle course.
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Educators at a workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island get a taste of the martial arts training recruits undergo.
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Educators at a four-day workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island experience the sand pit.
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Participants of a recent educators workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island get ready to climb the rappel tower.
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The Parris Island Marine Band performs during a flag raising ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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A color guard prepares to raise the flag at a ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Morning colors are risen at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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A group of educators take a photo with leadership at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island at the conclusion of a four-day workshop.
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A graduating class of recruits stand at attention during a ceremony marking their transition into Marines at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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The Parris Island Marine Band marches during a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Marine Corps recruit graduates stand within their platoons during a ceremony at the end of their three-month basic training period at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Honor graduates from a class of recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island receive special recognition. Among them was Pfc. Micah Wood of Albany, who graduated from basic training in June.
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Families of new Marine Corps basic training graduates walk from the stands to meet their loved ones following a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Before their departure from a four-day workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, educators from south Georgia and Florida hear from leadership at the depot.
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Sgt. Maj. William Carter, sergeant major of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region, speaks with educators at the end of a four-day workshop.
Albany’s sixth annual Juneteenth celebration is set for 1 p.m.-6 p.m. on June 20 at the Albany Civic Center. The event will include entertainment, food and activities for youngsters.
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