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U.S. Marines with the Advanced Machine Gun Course conduct a live-fire exercise with M240G medium machine guns at Range 218 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 16, 2022. AMGC is a six-week course where machine gunners advance their warfighting and weaponry skills, as well as their land navigation and small unit leadership. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Daniel Medina)
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U.S. Marines with the Scout Snipers Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The range was an unknown distance of fire range, designed to test the skills and strengthen the communication between the marksmen and their observers. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)
U.S. Marines with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, work to conceal themselves during an exercise in the Romeo Training Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 27, 2020. The students were participating in a stalking and infiltration exercise designed to test the concealment skills of the Marines. The objective of the exercise was to infiltrate an area and engage a target without being seen. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)
U.S. Marines with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion (AITB), School of Infantry-West (SOI-W) conduct training as part of the Advanced Anti-Tank Missilemans Course at Range 204B aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 23, 2014. The instructors fired a series of Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided missiles (TOW) and the shoulder-fired anti-tank missile, Javelin, in order to enhance their weapons familiarization. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Rebecca A. Whitworth/Released)
U.S. Marines with the Infantry Unit Leader Course, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M252 81mm mortar systems aboardMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 25, 2020. The Infantry Unit Leader Course trains Marines to serve platoon sergeants for the various types of small units they may lead while serving with an infantry battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)
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