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    Parris Island recruits learn to shoot like Marines [Image 3 of 4]

    Parris Island recruits learn to shoot like Marines

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    12.08.2015

    Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Cpl. Joshua C. Rodriguez, a primary marksmanship instructor with Marksmanship Training Company, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, shows Rct. Donald R. Gilbert, Platoon 2001, Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, a correct firing position Dec. 8, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. For one week, recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live ammunition the following week. Rodriguez, 23, is from Statesville, N.C. Gilbert, 18, from Cincinnati, is scheduled to graduate Jan. 22, 2016. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 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 approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)

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    Date Taken: 12.08.2015
    Date Posted: 01.04.2016 10:34
    Photo ID: 2347256
    VIRIN: 151208-M-AR085-104
    Resolution: 3840x5760
    Size: 4.36 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: CINCINNATI, OH, US
    Hometown: STATESVILLE, NC, US

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