Carolina Snaps
Parris Island
Season 5 Episode 14 | 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Parris Island in Beaufort, SC has been training U.S. Marines since 1915!
Parris Island in Beaufort, SC has trained US Marines since 1915. It was named after Alexander Parris. In 1949 it began training female recruits. Its mission is to transform recruits through rigorous basic training and commitment to core values. Thousands of Marines are trained there annually.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.
Carolina Snaps
Parris Island
Season 5 Episode 14 | 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Parris Island in Beaufort, SC has trained US Marines since 1915. It was named after Alexander Parris. In 1949 it began training female recruits. Its mission is to transform recruits through rigorous basic training and commitment to core values. Thousands of Marines are trained there annually.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipBeaufort, South Carolina is home of three of eight military bases in South Carolina.
U.S. Navy Hospital, Parris Island, and The Air Station.
After coming under English control, the island was granted to Robert Daniel in 1706.
It became known as Port Royal Island.
It later came into the hands of Colonel Alexander Parris.
In 1889, it was made a naval station and named after Colonel Alexander Parris a public treasurer of South Carolina in the early 18th century.
This faculty is the main recruiting department for the United States Marine Corps.
Parris Island began training male recruits in November of 1915.
Female recruits were welcome onto the base February 1949.
The mission of Parris Island is to make Marines by recruiting quality young men and women and transforming them through a foundation of rigorous, basic training, sharing legacy, and commitment to the core values.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.