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

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    Two military personnel in camouflage uniforms are at an outdoor rifle range. One individual is kneeling and holding a rifle while the other, wearing a pith-style hat, is seated on an ammunition crate reviewing paperwork. Numbered target frames are visible in the background across a large open field.

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, 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, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: CANTON, OHIO, US
    Hometown: HILO, HAWAII, US
    Web Views: 388
    Downloads: 14

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    The image shows a military training or qualification range with a maroon unit guidon flag prominently displayed in the foreground alongside a row of stacked M16/M4 rifles. In the background, several soldiers in full combat gear are positioned at numbered firing lanes on a grass range. The setting appears to be an outdoor rifle qualification or marksmanship training event.
    A female military service member in MARPAT (Marine pattern) camouflage uniform is in a prone shooting position on a red firing range mat. She is aiming an M16A4 or M4-style rifle equipped with a scope/optic, wearing tactical gloves and a boonie cover hat. The setting appears to be an outdoor rifle qualification range.
    A U.S. Marine in woodland MARPAT camouflage is kneeling on a firing range and handing an item, likely ammunition or a magazine, to a standing Marine in desert MARPAT uniform. Multiple other Marines in similar gear are visible in the background, also kneeling on the range. The setting appears to be an outdoor rifle qualification or weapons training range.
    Two military personnel in camouflage uniforms are at an outdoor rifle range. One individual is kneeling and holding a rifle while the other, wearing a pith-style hat, is seated on an ammunition crate reviewing paperwork. Numbered target frames are visible in the background across a large open field.
    A U.S. Marine in woodland MARPAT camouflage is in a kneeling firing position at what appears to be a military rifle range, aiming an M16/M4-style rifle with an optic. Multiple spent brass casings are scattered across the red-surfaced firing line in the foreground. Additional personnel in desert MARPAT uniforms are visible in the background at adjacent firing positions.
    A military shooting range is depicted with numbered target lanes visible in the background, numbered 31 through 37. A person in military camouflage uniform is visible in the foreground, blurred due to shallow depth of field. The targets appear to be standard rectangular shooting range target boards mounted on stands across a grassy field.
    A military service member in MARPAT (Marine pattern) digital camouflage uniform is firing a rifle at what appears to be an outdoor shooting range. The shooter is in a standing firing position, aiming downrange with a scoped rifle. A spent brass casing is visible being ejected from the weapon.
    Two military personnel in camouflage uniforms are at an outdoor shooting range. An instructor wearing a tan desert MARPAT uniform and pith helmet is assisting a female Marine in woodland MARPAT uniform with adjusting or inspecting a rifle sight. Shooting range target stands are visible in the background.

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