Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey B. Lysen, a primary marksmanship instructor with Marksmanship Training Company, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, teaches recruits hj cof Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Aug. 31, 2017, on Parris Island, For one week, instructors, like Lysen, 28, from Fort Worth, Texas, help recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live ammunition the following week. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 13, 2017. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately
Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey B. Lysen, a primary marksmanship instructor with Marksmanship Training Company, Weapons and Field Training Battalion, teaches recruits hj cof Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Aug. 31, 2017, on Parris Island, For one week, instructors, like Lysen, 28, from Fort Worth, Texas, help recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live ammunition the following week. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 13, 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 males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Jacob)
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