Rifle Issue

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Corporal Cesar Alvarado, armorer, Headquarters Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, instructs recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, to inspect each piece of their rifle cleaning gear to confirm their isn’t anything broken or missing during rifle issue at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., May 11. Today, all males recruited west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually. India Company is scheduled to graduate from recruit training on July 31.

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San Diego , California - Corporal Cesar Alvarado, armorer, Headquarters Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, instructs recruits of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, to inspect each piece of their rifle cleaning gear to confirm their isn’t anything broken or missing during rifle issue at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., May 11. Today, all males recruited west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually. India Company is scheduled to graduate from recruit training on July 31.

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