A major overhaul of how Marines learn to shoot and track their skills will begin to roll out across the service in the next few months, according to a Marine Corps-wide Marksmanship Campaign Plan ...
In 2018, Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration published an internal capabilities assessment of service marksmanship that exposed glaring gaps not only in how Marine shooters trained, but ...
JROTC now takes over the management of events in Europe as DODEA says it’s no longer part of the varsity sports calendar.
Marines fire on a range at Twentynine Palms, California. The Corps will soon see significant changes to its shooting protocols. (Cpl. Joshua Pinkney/Marine Corps) A complex new shooting assessment ...
Long before Marine Staff Sgt. Payton Garcia matched a 66-year-old Marine Corps marksmanship record last month, he was pretty sure he was a good shot. “I did my first [Marine Corps marksmanship] match ...
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Changes announced Monday to scoring and shooting standards for Marine Corps marksmanship requirements will better account for the speed at which a Marine shoots at a ...
FORT BENNING, Ga., (Dec. 2, 2015) -- Pvt. David Gonzales, from Santa Rosa, California, had never fired a weapon before he chose to enlist in the Army. As a Soldier with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 47th ...
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Hayden Sutton fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during Korea Viper 24.1 at Camp Mujuk, Republic of Korea, Feb. 6, 2024. US Marine Corps Photo In a future island fight ...
Army basic marksmanship training consists of three phases. Training to become a marksman lasts approximately 2-3 weeks and ends with qualification testing, where you must pass with at least a minimum ...
Primary marksmanship instructors are charged with teaching Marine recruits the fundamentals of marksmanship. "Recruits need someone who has the experience and knowledge to be able to put that in their ...