1 00:00:01,415 --> 00:00:04,332 (rhythmic tapping) 2 00:00:06,970 --> 00:00:08,330 - Advanced Infantry Marines Course, 3 00:00:08,330 --> 00:00:09,880 bottom line, it's a small airs course. 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:11,210 It's a course that Marines will be sent to 5 00:00:11,210 --> 00:00:12,820 from their fleet to build a solid foundation 6 00:00:12,820 --> 00:00:14,360 of the expectations, requirements, 7 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:15,650 and overall capabilities that they're gonna need 8 00:00:15,650 --> 00:00:17,550 to be successful in the field of battle, 9 00:00:17,550 --> 00:00:19,630 with their marines leading their squad. 10 00:00:19,630 --> 00:00:23,300 This is a place where we recalibrate the infantry rifleman 11 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:25,460 to fight friction and employ their teams, 12 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:28,380 key individuals and attachments to fight the enemy. 13 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:29,300 It's highly complex. 14 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:30,510 We're talking about the science, 15 00:00:30,510 --> 00:00:32,320 the art, the dynamic of war. 16 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,040 A Marine's ability to understand all these tools, 17 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,850 all these weapons, in what they can do. 18 00:00:36,850 --> 00:00:38,390 And then we go into his ability to apply it 19 00:00:38,390 --> 00:00:40,270 as far as the art goes. 20 00:00:40,270 --> 00:00:42,850 The whole human dimension piece kind of comes into 21 00:00:42,850 --> 00:00:45,550 their overall ability here to actually lead a squad. 22 00:00:45,550 --> 00:00:48,020 And inherently right there and you have to be assertive. 23 00:00:48,020 --> 00:00:50,150 - Let's go, move out. 24 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:51,130 - You have to be bold, 25 00:00:51,130 --> 00:00:52,040 you have to take initiative. 26 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,160 You have to be confident enough 27 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:54,880 to actually take three maneuver pieces, right? 28 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:55,713 Those three teams 29 00:00:55,713 --> 00:00:57,940 and deploy them correctly in a fluid manner. 30 00:00:57,940 --> 00:00:58,860 And that's usually a pretty high 31 00:00:58,860 --> 00:01:00,370 friction point for the student. 32 00:01:00,370 --> 00:01:02,480 There comes a time within every rifleman's life 33 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,860 in which a necessary evolution must take place prior 34 00:01:04,860 --> 00:01:07,300 to ensuring the success of the Marine rifle squad 35 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:08,690 with an attack to level war. 36 00:01:08,690 --> 00:01:10,910 We here at AIMC are the furnace 37 00:01:10,910 --> 00:01:12,533 in which those spears are forged. 38 00:01:13,470 --> 00:01:14,840 Leaving from here, these Marines 39 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,220 have been equipped, tested, and transformed 40 00:01:17,220 --> 00:01:18,390 into capable squad leaders 41 00:01:18,390 --> 00:01:20,550 that ensure continued success across the world 42 00:01:20,550 --> 00:01:22,670 for both our country and the Corps. 43 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:26,520 We start off with ANNEX A, which is troop leading. 44 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,000 And the focus in on a variety of areas 45 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,620 to include: transporting arms, 46 00:01:29,620 --> 00:01:31,730 call for fire, close air support, 47 00:01:31,730 --> 00:01:32,800 and various other instruments. 48 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,110 Its primary cornerstone being the planning process 49 00:01:35,110 --> 00:01:36,110 and orders writing. 50 00:01:36,110 --> 00:01:37,410 Then we go into weapons and ammunition, 51 00:01:37,410 --> 00:01:39,080 which focuses on assault, mortars, 52 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,980 machine guns, and demolition employment. 53 00:01:40,980 --> 00:01:42,210 Allowing students to properly 54 00:01:42,210 --> 00:01:44,110 employ detachments, and supporting assets, 55 00:01:44,110 --> 00:01:45,560 in support of their missions. 56 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:49,970 Then we go into patrolling. 57 00:01:49,970 --> 00:01:53,050 This section focuses on patrolling and combat hunter. 58 00:01:53,050 --> 00:01:56,010 Setting a baseline for patrol base operations 59 00:01:56,010 --> 00:01:57,860 and pretty much staying right at bay. 60 00:01:59,970 --> 00:02:02,370 Then we go into offensive and defensive things in tactics 61 00:02:02,370 --> 00:02:03,630 to include: squad infiltration, 62 00:02:03,630 --> 00:02:06,130 which students today ground set here for understanding 63 00:02:06,130 --> 00:02:08,230 both offensive and defensive mission sets, 64 00:02:09,930 --> 00:02:10,763 as well as, squad infiltration, 65 00:02:10,763 --> 00:02:12,880 which is quite new to them for the most part. 66 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,450 And then we go into urban operations, 67 00:02:14,450 --> 00:02:15,590 being our final ANNEX, in which we 68 00:02:15,590 --> 00:02:18,140 strictly cover urban operations at the squad level. 69 00:02:23,660 --> 00:02:25,320 At the end of the day, there are 70 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:26,760 standards of the Marine Corps Rifle Units 71 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,210 that have so many school trained squad leaders 72 00:02:28,210 --> 00:02:29,470 from the AIMC, 73 00:02:29,470 --> 00:02:30,400 but it's not really about them 74 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,810 taking a piece of paper back home with their name. 75 00:02:32,810 --> 00:02:33,890 It's not about a school cert. 76 00:02:33,890 --> 00:02:36,300 It's about keeping their Marine's names off of a tomb stone. 77 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:37,590 And they understand that when they get here 78 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:39,940 and that's pretty much what this course ensures.