1 00:00:03,516 --> 00:00:06,433 (orchestral music) 2 00:00:21,291 --> 00:00:23,613 - [Narrator] The primary component of Marine ground forces 3 00:00:23,613 --> 00:00:24,946 is the infantry. 4 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,390 Infantry Marines are trained to locate, 5 00:00:27,390 --> 00:00:28,307 close with, 6 00:00:28,324 --> 00:00:31,679 and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver. 7 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:35,445 Or repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat. 8 00:00:35,445 --> 00:00:37,723 Riflemen serve as the primary scouts, 9 00:00:37,723 --> 00:00:40,280 assault troops, and close-combat forces 10 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,447 within each infantry unit. 11 00:00:42,743 --> 00:00:44,735 During recruit training and afterwards 12 00:00:44,735 --> 00:00:46,565 every enlisted Marine learns the basics 13 00:00:46,565 --> 00:00:48,565 of being an infantryman. 14 00:00:49,006 --> 00:00:50,671 Marines that graduate from boot camp 15 00:00:50,671 --> 00:00:54,201 at Marine Corp Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina 16 00:00:54,201 --> 00:00:55,791 attend further infantry training 17 00:00:55,791 --> 00:00:57,505 at the School of Infantry - East, 18 00:00:57,505 --> 00:00:59,838 Camp Geiger, North Carolina. 19 00:01:00,071 --> 00:01:01,778 All female Marines attend boot camp 20 00:01:01,778 --> 00:01:04,300 at Marine Corp Recruit Depot, Parris Island, 21 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:05,857 and attend additional infantry training 22 00:01:05,857 --> 00:01:08,491 at the School of Infantry - East. 23 00:01:08,491 --> 00:01:10,566 The School of Infantry - East is comprised 24 00:01:10,566 --> 00:01:13,369 of Marine combat training battalion. 25 00:01:13,369 --> 00:01:15,493 All enlisted Marines that do not have an infantry 26 00:01:15,493 --> 00:01:19,236 primary MOS attend the Marine combat training course. 27 00:01:19,236 --> 00:01:20,700 After completing this course, 28 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:23,023 the Marines then go to the military occupational 29 00:01:23,023 --> 00:01:24,365 specialty schools, 30 00:01:24,365 --> 00:01:25,872 where they will learn the skills needed 31 00:01:25,872 --> 00:01:30,026 to perform their duties in the Marine air ground task force. 32 00:01:30,026 --> 00:01:31,324 Infantry training battalion. 33 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:33,694 Infantry training battalion trains Marines 34 00:01:33,694 --> 00:01:37,310 in entry-level infantry military occupational specialties 35 00:01:37,310 --> 00:01:40,359 required to support the Marine air ground task force 36 00:01:40,359 --> 00:01:42,478 with Marines capable of conducting 37 00:01:42,478 --> 00:01:45,145 expeditionary combat operations. 38 00:01:45,685 --> 00:01:47,881 Marines attending infantry training battalion 39 00:01:47,881 --> 00:01:51,267 are trained in military occupational specialties 40 00:01:51,267 --> 00:01:52,684 ^of 0311 rifleman, 41 00:01:54,283 --> 00:01:55,866 ^0331 machinegunner, 42 00:01:57,757 --> 00:01:59,007 ^0341 mortarman, 43 00:02:00,721 --> 00:02:03,138 ^0351 infantry assault Marine, 44 00:02:03,607 --> 00:02:06,524 ^and 0352, anti-tank missile gunner. 45 00:02:07,064 --> 00:02:09,223 Advanced infantry training battalion. 46 00:02:09,223 --> 00:02:11,171 Infantry Marines with a primary military 47 00:02:11,171 --> 00:02:14,104 occupational specialty in the 03 field 48 00:02:14,104 --> 00:02:16,388 are trained to fight, survive, 49 00:02:16,388 --> 00:02:18,888 and win in a combat situation. 50 00:02:19,074 --> 00:02:20,946 Advance infantry training battalion 51 00:02:20,946 --> 00:02:23,143 increases the skills of basic infantrymen 52 00:02:23,143 --> 00:02:24,891 by providing career progression, 53 00:02:24,891 --> 00:02:27,989 intermediate, specialized, and advanced training 54 00:02:27,989 --> 00:02:32,156 ^military occupational specialty 0317, scout sniper. 55 00:02:34,509 --> 00:02:36,336 - Hi I'm Staff Sergeant Edward Ballard. 56 00:02:36,336 --> 00:02:37,582 - Gunnery Sergeant Heather Saito. 57 00:02:37,582 --> 00:02:38,887 - Sergeant Kyle McDannell. 58 00:02:38,887 --> 00:02:40,929 - Staff Sargeant William B. Frick III. 59 00:02:40,929 --> 00:02:41,782 - Tactics chief. 60 00:02:41,782 --> 00:02:42,925 - Combat instructor. 61 00:02:42,925 --> 00:02:44,100 - I'm a combat instructor. 62 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:44,933 - Squad advisor. 63 00:02:44,933 --> 00:02:46,456 - Marine combat training battalion. 64 00:02:46,456 --> 00:02:47,547 - School of Infantry - East. 65 00:02:47,547 --> 00:02:48,524 - Infantry training battalion. 66 00:02:48,524 --> 00:02:51,425 - Course at the advanced infantry training battalion 67 00:02:51,425 --> 00:02:53,093 at the School of Infantry - East, 68 00:02:53,093 --> 00:02:54,723 Camp Geiger, North Carolina. 69 00:02:54,723 --> 00:02:56,308 ^- The mission of Marine combat training battalion 70 00:02:56,308 --> 00:02:59,974 ^is to train non-infantry Marines in basic infantry skills. 71 00:02:59,974 --> 00:03:02,618 So if they ever find themselves in a combat situation 72 00:03:02,618 --> 00:03:04,701 they know how to respond. 73 00:03:04,771 --> 00:03:05,669 It's a 29-day, 74 00:03:05,669 --> 00:03:08,150 a very rigorous 29-day training cycle 75 00:03:08,150 --> 00:03:10,753 that ultimately tests the Marine's physical capabilities 76 00:03:10,753 --> 00:03:12,671 as well as mental capacity. 77 00:03:12,671 --> 00:03:14,741 So in that 29-day training cycle 78 00:03:14,741 --> 00:03:17,508 the combat instructors are always with their Marines. 79 00:03:17,508 --> 00:03:19,579 You spend different days of the week 80 00:03:19,579 --> 00:03:21,452 firing various weapons systems. 81 00:03:21,452 --> 00:03:24,615 Learning how to effectively fire a weapon. 82 00:03:24,615 --> 00:03:27,664 You also spend time learning different tactical procedures. 83 00:03:27,664 --> 00:03:28,719 Different tactical movements 84 00:03:28,719 --> 00:03:30,309 such as your offensive fundamentals, 85 00:03:30,309 --> 00:03:31,898 defensive fundamentals, 86 00:03:31,898 --> 00:03:33,039 and things of that nature. 87 00:03:33,039 --> 00:03:34,748 As well as patrolling, 88 00:03:34,748 --> 00:03:36,993 which is what the majority of non-infantry Marines 89 00:03:36,993 --> 00:03:39,839 will see throughout their careers in the Marine Corps. 90 00:03:39,839 --> 00:03:41,340 ^- It's through tactical decision games, 91 00:03:41,340 --> 00:03:42,318 ^things along those lines, 92 00:03:42,318 --> 00:03:43,335 ^that are gonna prepare them. 93 00:03:43,335 --> 00:03:44,520 They get put in leadership roles 94 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,069 where they have to make the choice. 95 00:03:46,069 --> 00:03:47,490 The combat instructors will be there to supervise 96 00:03:47,490 --> 00:03:48,657 and help them. 97 00:03:48,833 --> 00:03:50,540 But by putting them in feet first, 98 00:03:50,540 --> 00:03:53,418 making them become team leaders, fire team leaders, 99 00:03:53,418 --> 00:03:54,585 squad leaders, 100 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,368 they're forced to go forward, make decisions. 101 00:03:57,368 --> 00:04:00,096 They'll be able to grow personally and professionally. 102 00:04:00,096 --> 00:04:01,190 ^- The mission of the infantry training battalion 103 00:04:01,190 --> 00:04:02,577 ^is to take basically trained Marines 104 00:04:02,577 --> 00:04:06,077 ^that are gonna be future infantry Marines, 105 00:04:06,231 --> 00:04:07,898 and taking them out, 106 00:04:08,306 --> 00:04:11,479 teaching all the basic necessary combat skills, 107 00:04:11,479 --> 00:04:13,673 to pretty much take the fight to the enemy. 108 00:04:13,673 --> 00:04:15,663 We teach them everything that we possibly can 109 00:04:15,663 --> 00:04:19,830 in order to make our infantry a well-rounded fight force. 110 00:04:20,626 --> 00:04:22,725 So the training cycle's broken up in the beginning. 111 00:04:22,725 --> 00:04:25,531 First 30 days are the 0300 package 112 00:04:25,531 --> 00:04:27,201 where they're going through all the basic 113 00:04:27,201 --> 00:04:28,534 infantry skills. 114 00:04:28,545 --> 00:04:30,581 Anything as small as weapons handling, 115 00:04:30,581 --> 00:04:31,664 combat honor, 116 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,322 the small things to build on later on 117 00:04:34,322 --> 00:04:36,029 once we get the weapons split. 118 00:04:36,029 --> 00:04:38,946 And then the specific weapons MOSs. 119 00:04:39,653 --> 00:04:43,820 0311 riflemen they go out and they train to become MOS 120 00:04:44,195 --> 00:04:45,153 and become an 0311 riflemen. 121 00:04:45,153 --> 00:04:47,570 0331's, 41's, 51's, and 52's, 122 00:04:48,576 --> 00:04:50,728 they split apart and they go learn their jobs, 123 00:04:50,728 --> 00:04:52,393 their specific MOSs. 124 00:04:52,393 --> 00:04:54,710 ^- The mission of advanced infantry training battalion 125 00:04:54,710 --> 00:04:56,784 ^is to sharped the sword for commanders in the fleet 126 00:04:56,784 --> 00:04:58,526 to be able to take the fight to the enemy 127 00:04:58,526 --> 00:05:00,144 with a more lethal war fighter. 128 00:05:00,144 --> 00:05:02,262 We start in a classroom where we start on academics. 129 00:05:02,262 --> 00:05:03,200 And then we transition. 130 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,865 We take what they learned in the classroom 131 00:05:04,865 --> 00:05:07,448 and we apply it into the field. 132 00:05:07,951 --> 00:05:10,554 75 to 80% of what the Marines do here in this course 133 00:05:10,554 --> 00:05:11,614 is in the field, 134 00:05:11,614 --> 00:05:14,135 and leadership is the main focus point 135 00:05:14,135 --> 00:05:15,477 of us here at the school. 136 00:05:15,477 --> 00:05:17,901 And that's what we try to achieve here in this course. 137 00:05:17,901 --> 00:05:19,569 - You constantly improve yourself as a combat instructor. 138 00:05:19,569 --> 00:05:23,461 You got to the operating force as a combat instructor, 139 00:05:23,461 --> 00:05:24,885 incredibly improve. 140 00:05:24,885 --> 00:05:26,972 Not only do you touch the lives of every private around you 141 00:05:26,972 --> 00:05:28,477 but you've also improve yourself to ensure 142 00:05:28,477 --> 00:05:31,325 that you're gonna have a more rounded Marine 143 00:05:31,325 --> 00:05:33,476 going back into the operating force. 144 00:05:33,476 --> 00:05:35,348 That self-improvement can't be matched. 145 00:05:35,348 --> 00:05:36,733 - It goes back to the fundamentals of the Marine Corps 146 00:05:36,733 --> 00:05:38,214 teach, coach, mentor. 147 00:05:38,214 --> 00:05:39,674 I can't get upset at a Marine if he doesn't know, 148 00:05:39,674 --> 00:05:41,002 so I have to teach him. 149 00:05:41,002 --> 00:05:41,896 I coach him. 150 00:05:41,896 --> 00:05:43,158 And then I mentor him. 151 00:05:43,158 --> 00:05:45,068 Normally we'll do a lot of platform instruction 152 00:05:45,068 --> 00:05:46,005 in the beginning. 153 00:05:46,005 --> 00:05:49,338 Then we'll go out as combat instructors. 154 00:05:49,541 --> 00:05:53,159 We'll reiterate everything that the platform instructors do. 155 00:05:53,159 --> 00:05:56,214 And then from there through rehearsals, 156 00:05:56,214 --> 00:05:57,150 all those things, 157 00:05:57,150 --> 00:05:59,061 we go out and we do a lot of far ranges. 158 00:05:59,061 --> 00:06:01,622 - We take relevant TTPs and lessons learned 159 00:06:01,622 --> 00:06:04,955 from prior engagements or prior theaters 160 00:06:05,119 --> 00:06:06,952 and we apply friction. 161 00:06:07,153 --> 00:06:10,294 We apply condensed time schedules for them. 162 00:06:10,294 --> 00:06:12,127 We over-saturate them. 163 00:06:12,452 --> 00:06:13,711 Induce friction upon them 164 00:06:13,711 --> 00:06:17,284 so they can lead in an environment that is not comfortable. 165 00:06:17,284 --> 00:06:18,868 - The infantry Marine's importance 166 00:06:18,868 --> 00:06:21,201 to the Marine Corps mission, 167 00:06:21,822 --> 00:06:24,989 the infantry Marine is for most parts, 168 00:06:25,860 --> 00:06:27,808 the Marine Corps mission. 169 00:06:27,808 --> 00:06:29,558 At the end of the day 170 00:06:29,799 --> 00:06:31,966 the 0311 infantry riflemen 171 00:06:32,403 --> 00:06:35,044 is supported by every single other MOS 172 00:06:35,044 --> 00:06:36,264 in the Marine Corps. 173 00:06:36,264 --> 00:06:37,603 Whether it's a cook, 174 00:06:37,603 --> 00:06:39,472 whether it's an F18 pilot, 175 00:06:39,472 --> 00:06:41,058 or it's an 0341 mortarman, 176 00:06:41,058 --> 00:06:42,562 0331 machine gunner, 177 00:06:42,562 --> 00:06:45,409 they all support the ground maneuver element 178 00:06:45,409 --> 00:06:46,909 which is the 0311. 179 00:06:47,810 --> 00:06:50,256 So what I learned at the School of Infantry - East 180 00:06:50,256 --> 00:06:53,227 was that the country can call you at any time. 181 00:06:53,227 --> 00:06:55,225 All of the basic skills that I learned here, 182 00:06:55,225 --> 00:06:58,732 I was in a country less then 90 days after I graduated, 183 00:06:58,732 --> 00:07:00,481 when I got out to my fleet unit. 184 00:07:00,481 --> 00:07:02,989 Within 90 days I was kicking my first patrol 185 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:05,309 so I try to reiterate to the students every day 186 00:07:05,309 --> 00:07:07,746 that you never know when your number's gonna get called. 187 00:07:07,746 --> 00:07:09,746 And you better be ready.