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    A military personnel member in camouflage uniform and hearing protection is patching a paper shooting target at a firing range. The target shows numerous adhesive patch stickers covering previous bullet holes in the chest/torso area. This is a standard range maintenance procedure between shooting iterations.

    CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    11.05.2020

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts 

    Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

    U.S. Marine Sgt. Amy Sanchez, an automotive maintenance technician with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expiditionary Force Information Group, repairs a bullet hole on a target during a training class for the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition at Edson Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 5, 2020. The competition at Pendleton is the first in a series scheduled for Marine bases around the world as part of the 2021 Competition-In-Arms Program, which will end with a championship match on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The program is designed to significantly enhance participants’ proficiency in the use of individual small arms by refining fundamental marksmanship skills, learning marksmanship techniques, and pushing through mental and physical boundaries in a competitive forum. Sanchez is a native of Detroit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

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    Date Taken: 11.05.2020
    Date Posted: 11.06.2020 18:05
    Photo ID: 6415892
    VIRIN: 201105-M-XF840-1285
    Resolution: 4177x2785
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    Location: CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US
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