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U.S. Marines from multiple units participated in a Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition match at Edson Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 1-11, 2020. The competition at Pendleton is the first in a series scheduled for Marine bases around the world as part of the 2021 Competition-In-Arms Program, which will end with a championship match on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The program is designed to significantly enhance participants’ proficiency in the use of individual small arms by refining fundamental marksmanship skills, learning marksmanship techniques, and pushing through mental and physical boundaries in a competitive forum. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Juan A. Soto-Delgado)

Since 1901, the Competition In Arms Program has provided the Marine Corps with the skilled and experienced marksmen necessary to support a productive marksmanship training program and success in battle. The primary objective of the program is to stimulate interest and desire for self-improvement in the marksmanship to enhance proficiency within the Marine Corps in the individual small arms by refining precision marksmanship skills and combat marksmanship skills through training and competition.

Infantry Marine rifle squads with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment competed in the annual 2nd Marine Division Infantry Rifle Squad Competition aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 17-19, 2015. Each regiment sent its best squad to compete in the annual competition that tests the Marines on all skills a Marine rifle squad needs in order to be combat effective on the battlefield. Each regiment sent its best squad in the regiment for the competition. The competition is part of the Competition-in-Arms Program that fosters a competitive spirit in the Marines as well as test their skills and abilities as a squad.

Recruiters of the 12th Marine Corps District practice they're shooting skills in the Depot Competition In Arms on Camp Pendleton

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma's Annual Station Competition in Arms Intramural Program is the first step in choosing which Marines will represent the MCAS Yuma shooting team at the Western Division matches. Available in High Definition.