I am working at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in Parris Island, SC. This military installation is known the world over as Marine Boot Camp. I was last here in November 1982, when I enlisted as a Marine. Semper Fi.
“It’s been 30 years…” ~cg.
A bus waits near the infamous “Yellow Footprints” before dawn at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in Parris Island, SC on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. © www.chetgordon.com
Female Marine recruits march past the Reception Center before dawn at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in Parris Island, SC on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. © www.chetgordon.com
A Marine Drill Instructor with civilians at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in Parris Island, SC on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Nearly 40 educators from the Hudson Valley region of New York are participating in the USMC’s 2013 Educator’s Workshop at Parris Island, SC. © www.chetgordon.com
Chet Gordon resides in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York. A photojournalist for more than 25 years, he recently worked as Westchester Magazine's first photo editor, and previously was a staff photographer at four NYC metro area newspapers. He was also a photo editor at the NY Daily News for 5 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, International Herald-Tribune, USA Today, MailOnline (UK), Army Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Popular Photography magazines, among others. He is a career member of the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), and a former board member of the NY Press Photographer’s Association (NYPPA). He served honorably as a U.S. Marine in the mid-1980's, including 2+ years stationed on Okinawa, Japan, and throughout Southeast Asia. A longtime volunteer and travel enthusiast, he accompanies several humanitarian aid clients on their international disaster relief and medical missions. Since 1997, he's worked in several African countries, the Middle East, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, as well as Afghanistan, Haiti, the Russian Federation, and Thailand. He routinely mentors young photographers looking to break into the industry and vacations in Bermuda and Kenya.
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