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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits qualify on Parris Island rifle range

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    08.28.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Andrea Brattmiller, Platoon 4033, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, fires her M16-A4 rifle Aug. 28, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Brattmiller, an 18-year-old native of Uehling, Neb., fired approximately 500 bullets during her week at the range. Rifle qualification is a graduation requirement as well as an annual training requirement for Marines. November Company 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 Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)

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    Date Taken: 08.28.2013
    Date Posted: 08.30.2013 10:00
    Photo ID: 1006949
    VIRIN: 130828-M-PG802-025
    Resolution: 3888x2592
    Size: 1.42 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: UEHLING, NEBRASKA, US

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