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 ...
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 ...
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. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division demonstrate their marksmanship skills during Tropic Lightning Week’s ...
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Similar to the implementation of the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), the Army is now changing how Soldiers qualify with their weapons, making individual weapons ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
JROTC now takes over the management of events in Europe as DODEA says it’s no longer part of the varsity sports calendar.
FORT BENNING, Ga. -- In June 2014, during the Maneuver Warfighter Conference, Maj. Gen. Scott Miller, commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence, or MCoE, addressed an area many leaders ...