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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits tested on Parris Island's rifle range [Image 4 of 8]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits tested on Parris Island's rifle range

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    06.26.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Cpl. Matthew Aurello, a marksmanship coach on Parris Island, S.C., assists Rct. Danielle Thacker, Platoon 4025, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, with her firing technique June 26, 2013. Aurello, 21, from Hilo, Hawaii, helped Thacker, 19, from Canton, Ohio, apply marksmanship fundamentals during her time on the range. Rifle qualification is one of eight graduation requirements recruits must fulfill to become U.S. Marines. Papa Company is scheduled to graduate Aug. 2, 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 for females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Caitlin Brink)

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    Date Taken: 06.26.2013
    Date Posted: 07.11.2013 10:08
    Photo ID: 969663
    VIRIN: 130626-M-FS592-064
    Resolution: 3456x2304
    Size: 2.57 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: CANTON, OH, US
    Hometown: HILO, HI, US

    Web Views: 325
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