Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Porter, marksmanship coach with Field Training Company, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, teaches Marine Corps recruits of Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, the basics of combat marksmanship May 24, 2017, on Parris Island, Porter, 25, is from Beloit, Ohio. 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to en

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Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Porter, marksmanship coach with Field Training Company, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, teaches Marine Corps recruits of Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, the basics of combat marksmanship May 24, 2017, on Parris Island, Porter, 25, is from Beloit, Ohio. 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 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Maximiliano Bavastro)

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