A Marine Corps recruit of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, loads his rifle during marksmanship training Aug. 28, 2017.
A Marine Corps recruit of Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, loads his rifle during marksmanship training Aug. 28, 2017, on Parris Island, Marine recruits spend two weeks learning and applying marksmanship fundamentals, longer than any other branch of service in the United States, to carry on the tradition of every Marine a rifleman. Golf Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 6, 2017. 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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