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Theissen Training System target holding mechanisms are shown on the known distance range at the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz Live-Fire Training Range Complex on Guam, May 9, 2023. The systems will be used for the Marine Corps Annual Rifle Qualification and have the capability to provide users with a moving target. Once operable, the LFTRC will be available to be utilized by local government agencies, the Department of Defense and their partners. - Theissen Training System target holding mechanisms are shown on the known distance range at the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz Live-Fire Training Range Complex on Guam, May 9, 2023. The systems will be used for the Marine Corps Annual Rifle Qualification and have the capability to provide users with a moving target. Once operable, the LFTRC will be available to be utilized by local government agencies, the Department of Defense and their partners.

Targets! Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz Installs Range Targets

Despite Typhoon Mawar’s destruction across the island, the ongoing enhancements at the Mason Live Fire Training Range Complex are in full swing. Throughout May to July, Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz is installing static and moving targets on two of its four ranges at the Mason range complex. As their names suggest, automated, moving targets test the shooter’s ability to lead and hit a target moving at different speeds, and static targets hone the basic, essential elements of marksmanship. Using static and automated targets provide better marksmanship feedback to the shooter...

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