Recruits of November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, practice the prone shooting position Dec. 8, 2015, on Parris Island, For one week, recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live ammunition the following week. November Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 22, 2016. 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 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home

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Recruits of November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, practice the prone shooting position Dec. 8, 2015, on Parris Island, For one week, recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live ammunition the following week. November Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 22, 2016. 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 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)

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