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

PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

08.22.2013

Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

Cpl. Charles Gamblin, a primary marksmanship instructor, answers questions about rifle marksmanship asked by Rct. Tyler Moland, Platoon 3077, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, while near a rifle range on Parris Island, S.C., on Aug. 22, 2013. Recruits aimed at a barrel painted with targets to represent the actual size of targets recruits will shoot at 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. Gamblin is a 23-year-old native of Marceline, Mo. Moland, 19, from York, Pa., 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)

• Date Taken: 08.22.2013
• Date Posted: 09.05.2013 17:16
• Photo ID: 1010779
• VIRIN: 130822-M-FS592-063
• Resolution: 2304x3456
• Size: 2 MB
• Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
• Hometown: MARCELINE, MO, US
• Hometown: YORK, PA, US