School of Infantry-West trains Riflemen and Infantrymen in MOS skills across the infantry training continuum and produces Combat Instructors who train Marines here and throughout their careers to dominate and control any battlespace.
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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Seth MacCutcheon, commanding officer of School of Infantry - West, greets Singapore Army Chief Warrant Officer Yeo Keng Hua, sergeant major of the Singapore Army, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 2, 2023. The Marine Corps is dedicated to maintaining and developing its relationship with allied nations in the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Fred Garcia)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, speaks to leadership from the School of Infantry - West during his visit to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 7, 2023. The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visited units across I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaking to Marines about talent management, force design, quality of life and the importance of maturing the force in the infantry. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Fred Garcia)
U.S. Marine, Cpl. Anthony Nikac, a lateral move student with Infantry Marine Course 2-23, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, suppresses an enemy position with a M240B medium machine gun during a fire and maneuver range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 24, 2023. IMC is the Marine Corps’ 14-week entry-level training course for enlisted infantry Marines. Nikac is a native of New York City. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Willow Marshall)
U.S. Marine Pfc. Luke Newcomb, a student with Infantry Marine Course 1-23, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, posts security during the final training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 23, 2023. IMC is the Marine Corps’ 14-week infantry training course designed to make better trained and more lethal entry-level Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Earik Barton)
U.S. Marines with the School of Infantry - West, salute the colors during a change of command ceremony at SOI-West on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 24, 2022. During the ceremony, Col. Coby Moran relinquished command of SOI-West to Col. Seth MacCutcheon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alison Dostie)
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