MCRD Parris Island, SC
Lima Company – Grass Week – June 9, 2015
Sgt. Darnell L. Johnson, a primary marksmanship instructor, teaches recruits of Platoon 3049, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, marksmanship fundamentals June 9, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. For one week, recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live ammunition. Johnson, 25, is from Detroit. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate July 24, 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 Pfc. Vanessa Austin)
Lima Company – Grass Week – June 9, 2015
Sgt. Darnell L. Johnson, a primary marksmanship instructor, teaches recruits of Platoon 3049, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, marksmanship fundamentals June 9, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. For one week, recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live ammunition. Johnson, 25, is from Detroit. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate July 24, 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 Pfc. Vanessa Austin)