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Recruits of Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, aim in at the target in the sitting position during the rifle range at Edson Range, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 8. During rifle qualification, recruits fired the M16-A4 service rifle from the 200, 300 and 500-yard lines utilizing four different shooting positions: standing, kneeling, sitting and prone. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually. Hotel Company will graduate Nov. 20.
151009-M-YZ063-055.JPG Photo By: Cpl. Jericho Crutcher

Oct 16, 2015
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San diego - Recruits of Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, aim in at the target in the sitting position during the rifle range at Edson Range, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 8. During rifle qualification, recruits fired the M16-A4 service rifle from the 200, 300 and 500-yard lines utilizing four different shooting positions: standing, kneeling, sitting and prone. Today, all males recruited from west of the Mississippi are trained at MCRD San Diego. The depot is responsible for training more than 16,000 recruits annually. Hotel Company will graduate Nov. 20.


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