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PARRIS ISLAND, SC - JUNE 21: Marine recruit Derrick Powers (L), 19, of Revere, Massachusetts gets some personal attention from his drill instructor GYSgt. Gregory Mitchell of East Point, Georgia at the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot June 21, 2004 in Parris Island, South Carolina. Marine Corps boot camp, with its combination of strict discipline and exhaustive physical training, is considered the most rigorous of the armed forces recruit training. Congress is currently considering bills that could increase the size of the Marine Corps and the Army to help meet US military demands in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

PARRIS ISLAND, SC - JUNE 21:  Marine recruit Derrick Powers (L), 19, of Revere, Massachusetts gets some personal attention from his drill instructor GYSgt. Gregory Mitchell of East Point, Georgia at the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot June 21, 2004 in Parris Island, South Carolina. Marine Corps boot camp, with its combination of strict discipline and exhaustive physical training, is considered the most rigorous of the armed forces recruit training. Congress is currently considering bills that could increase the size of the Marine Corps and the Army to help meet US military demands in Iraq and Afghanistan.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)