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    Photo Gallery: Parris Island recruits learn Marine Corps marksmanship fundamentals

    PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    12.11.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. Jahleal A. Cain, Platoon 3004, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, sights in while practicing a sitting position Dec. 11, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. For one week, recruits, like Cain, 19, from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, practice marksmanship fundamentals before firing live rounds. India Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 23, 2015. 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 Cpl. Caitlin Brink)

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    Date Taken: 12.11.2014
    Date Posted: 12.29.2014 21:11
    Photo ID: 1710623
    VIRIN: 141211-M-FS592-401
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 1.64 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO, US

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