Examples Of Rite Of Passage

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Since the existence of the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, recruits have transitioned from civilians to United States Marines through the rite of passage known as recruit training (boot camp). This rite of passage takes a civilian teenager with little life experience and transforms him or her into smartly disciplined, physically fit, basically trained Marines. These Marines come from all over the world and are raised on different morals and ethics, but yet at the end of the 13-week boot camp, all have been indoctrinated with core values like honor, courage and commitment. No matter what their upbringings were or how they were raised, these newly trained Marines are taught to set all differences and personal convictions

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