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Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Derrick Shuman exhorts his latest recruits to keep their head and eyes forward.
Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Derrick Shuman (left) exhorts his latest recruits to keep their head and eyes forward during the yellow footprint orientation at Parris Island Recruit Training Depot, S.C., on Sept. 6, 2000. The two recruits are Richard A. Castanet and Christian Castanet, from Richmond Va. The elder Castanet is the Marine winner of the Yahoo! Fantasy Careers in Today's Military Contest. Father and son are experiencing Marine Corps training together. Drill Instructor Sgt. Lanny Powell (right) keeps an experienced eye on the new recruits.