Students with Drill Instructor School, Recruit Training Regiment, practice drill and sword manual techniques on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., May 10, 2021. The techniques taught during this event showed the students the commands used to prepare recruits for movements, as well as proper handling of the Noncommissioned sword. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Yamil Casarreal)

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May 12, 2021

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Students with Drill Instructor School, Recruit Training Regiment, practice drill and sword manual techniques May 10 on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. The techniques taught during this event showed the students the commands used to prepare recruits for movements, as well as proper handling of the Noncommissioned sword. Photo by Sgt. Yamil Casarreal, USMC.

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