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Show The Inseparable Pair A Marine And Hss Rifle HE FIRST THING A MARINE CORPS RECRUIT LEADNS IS THAT' " HIS RIFLE IS TO BE A PART OF HIM AND THAT HE AND HIS RIFLE ARE THE BASIC UNIT ON WHICH THE MARINE CORPS MAINTAINS ITS REPUTATION FOR HANDLING EVERY EMERGENCY. TJ Tfj f HAT IS WHY HE MUST QUALIFY 'KjJV EACH YEAR FOR THE RATINGS OF yj "EXPERT-'SHARPSHOOTER" OR LTNNKVrt "MARKSMAN" TO CONTINUE TO - .MlUjkMHi WEAR THESE BADGES AFTER J V' r."-, ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN INITIALLY .-. J S..-:i2& " tARNEB ON THE RIFLE RANGE. ,:X, HESE 8A0GCS WORN PROUDLY ' AW- AND CONSPICUOUSLY BY MARINES " ' 1 REPRESENT ENDLESS HOURS OF SfuoW HARD EXACTING WORK MASTERIN3 V'-WJJiS ' THE MANY FACTORS THAT CON- TRIBUTE TO THE UNERRING RIFLE ; . ' TK . ACCURACY THAT HAS BEEN A CHER- j - JX ISHED TRADITION OF THE CORPS..,.. . j,r FROM THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF EARtY ' LEATHERNECKS IN THE CROW'S V, NEST OF COLONIAL FRIGATES.. ..TO '- ' THE MOST RECENT VICTORIOUS , - -, EXPLOITS IN THE JUNGLES OF THE (f " ' '. V ' -S PACIFIC. ;,--- --fel'-''J: ; . P ... |