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Marines revamp marksmanship training to sharpen skills for island warfare

As announced on March 11th, the US Marine Corps is set to implement sweeping changes to its rifle marksmanship training and qualification regulations, aiming to bolster combat lethality and accuracy ...
Military Times

Marines to get most significant marksmanship overhaul in 100 years

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 ...
Stars and Stripes

Logistics Marines on Okinawa sharpen machine-gun skills for island defense

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — Marines who normally man a desk stepped behind machine guns at a firing range on this northern Okinawa base recently to hone their skills defending a command post. About 30 ...
USNI

Marines Training to Field Small Drones in Combat Units by Year’s End

Marine Corps rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), prepares to catch a Skydio X2D small unmanned aircraft system during ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Marines get more ocean time with new transport in training exercise off Camp Pendleton

Following a recent successful first deployment to the Indo-Pacific, Camp Pendleton Marines are growing more confident with their new 36-ton, eight-wheeled armored troop transport and are stepping up ...