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MCB Camp Pendleton

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Oceanside, California
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Jul 26, 2018

Cpl. Barbara Cogburn, primary marksmanship instructor (PMI) with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, assists a Marine during a rifle qualification at Edson Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 1985. Cogburn, a food service specialist, became the first school-trained female PMI in 1984. PMIs act as an instructor to other Marines on how to precisely handle and fire weapon systems on small arms ranges.

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