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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits prepare for rifle range on Parris Island [Image 1 of 8]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits prepare for rifle range on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    08.22.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Sgt. Jesse Meyer, a primary marksmanship instructor, reviews the firing positions with recruits of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, on Aug. 22, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. For five days, primary marksmanship instructors teach recruits the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship, firing positions, weapons safety and rifle range commands in preparation for them firing live rounds the following week. Recruits train with scopes because the Marine Corps now equips its rifles with scopes, although rifle marksmanship fundamentals do not change with the device. Meyer is a 25-year-old Waterloo, Iowa, native. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 4, 2013. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)

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    Date Taken: 08.22.2013
    Date Posted: 09.05.2013 17:16
    Photo ID: 1010765
    VIRIN: 130822-M-FS592-007
    Resolution: 3456x2304
    Size: 3.6 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: WATERLOO, IA, US

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