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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Leo Tauke fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a live-fire range at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 29, 2023. Live-fire training is used to sustain tactical proficiency and combat marksmanship skills. Tauke, a native of De Soto, Iowa, is a rifleman with 3d Battalion, 6th Marines and is currently forward-deployed with 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division in the Indo-Pacific under the Unit Deployment Program.

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U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, fire off a Carl-Gustaf 84mm Recoilless Rifle while conducting a live fire exercise during Intrepid Maven 23.4, July 7, 2023. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command and Jordanian Armed Forces designed to improve interoperability, strengthen partner-nation relationships in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, and improve both individual and bilateral unit readiness.

Photo by Cpl. Keegan Bailey

U.S. Marines participate in a squad weapons range during the Warrant Officer Basic Course 1-23 at The Basic School, Quantico, Virginia Feb. 9, 2023. WOBC is designed to train and educate newly appointed and commissioned warrant officers in a variety of skills required to transition from enlisted Marine to officer, with particular emphasis on the duties, responsibilities and warfighting skills required of a rifle platoon commander.

Photo by Warrant Officer Akeel Austin

U.S. Marines participate in a field exercise during the Warrant Officer Basic Course 1-23 at The Basic School, Quantico, Virginia Feb. 9, 2023. WOBC is designed to train and educate newly appointed and commissioned warrant officers in a variety of skills required to transition from enlisted Marine to officer, with particular emphasis on the duties, responsibilities and warfighting skills required of a rifle platoon commander.

Photo by Akeel Austin

U.S. Marine Corps Private Bodar prepares to fire a rifle grenade using a M1 grand A 22 mm adapter with Mk.2 fragmentation grenade. Propelled by a blank cartridge inserted into the chamber of the rifle. A 22 mm grenade adapter can range from a powerful anti-tank round to a simple finned tube with a fragmentation hand grenade attached as seen in the photo. Original 1950’s caption: Under the watchful eye of an instructor, Private Bodar is all set to fire a hand grenade that is fitted into an adapter for use with the rifle at the grenade range.

Photo by Charles Wolf

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Deven Diaz fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during fireteam maneuver training at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 22, 2023. Fireteam training allows Marines to refine small-unit tactics and develop proficiency before executing combined arms-training. Diaz, a native of Hialeah, Florida, is a rifleman with 3d Battalion, 6th Marines and is currently forward-deployed with 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division in the Indo-Pacific under the Unit Deployment Program.

Photo by Cpl. Noah Masog

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Hunter Ross, an infantry Marine with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, posts security with an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a patrol at Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, June 9, 2023. 3rd LCT conducted a nine-day field exercise to improve core competencies, discipline and continuing actions across the battalion.

Photo by Cpl. Grace Gerlach

Servicemembers from the U.S. Marine Corps, New Zealand Army and New Caledonia Armed Forces discuss the PGM Hecate II sniper rifle during a weapons expo as part of Exercise Croix du Sud at Plum, New Caledonia, April 24, 2023. During Croix du Sud, participants from 14 countries including service members from U.S. Army Pacific, the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force join allied and partner nations in enhancing combined interoperability through training, skills sharing, and cultural exchanges. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 are supporting the Joint Operations Center with planners, medical subject matter expert exchanges, and a non-combatant evacuation operations team, enhancing the Marine Corps’ ability to provide logistical support to the joint force and U.S. Allies and partners in future austere operations.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley

U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, pose for a group photo with Gen. David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, during the annual Marine Corps rifle squad competition awards ceremony in the Hawkins Room at The Basic School on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 27, 2023.The annual Marine Corps rifle squad competition is a service-recognized competitive environment to determine, under simulated combat conditions, which Marine rifle squad most effectively demonstrates their combat capabilities and operational proficiency.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Steven Gomez, a small arms repairer/technician with weapons training battalion, fires a World War II M1 Grand rifle during the Marine Corps Championships on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 31, 2023. Marines who place in the top 10-percent at their respective Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition receive an invitation to participate in the Marine Corps Championships that consists of 10 days of competition in precision rifle, action rifle, precision pistol, action pistol, and multi gun action shooting.

Photo by Cpl. Mitchell Johnson

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division fires his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy

British Royal Marine Cpl. Charlie Walker, a GD training corporal with 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines, conducts a weapon familiarization test for U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Security Force Regiment on the C8 assault rifle during Tartan Eagle phase II, Otterburn Training Camp, Europe, Oct. 24, 2022. U.S. Marines must properly handle the Royal Marines primary weapon system to pass the annual combat marksmanship training test while overseas with 43 Cdo RM. Exercise Tartan Eagle is an annual bilateral training exercise for the U.S. Marines and British Royal Marines with 43 Cdo RM to travel to each command’s training facilities to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures in fixed site security.

Photo by Sgt. Kealiiholokaikeikio De Los

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Zachary Muney, a squad instructor with Marine Combat Training Battalion, School of Infantry East, fires his rifle during the Intramural Marksmanship Competition at Stone Bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 6, 2022. The Marine Corps Intramural Marksmanship Competition inspires unit cohesion and mission readiness by allowing Marines to compete and improve lethality with both rifle and pistol weapons.

Photo by Cpl. Alexis Sanchez

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines conduct a rifle range with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force observers during Keen Sword 23 aboard the USS New Orleans LPD-18, Pacific Ocean, Nov. 13, 2022. Keen Sword is a biennial training event that exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between 3d Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force and the JGSDF. This bilateral field-training exercise between the U.S. military and the JGSDF strengthens interoperability and combat readiness of the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Lorenzo Ducato

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Lauritsen, a scout sniper with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3d Marine Division fires a M107 Special Application Scoped Rifle during Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 3, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is a bilateral exercise to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. Lauritsen is a native of Dwight, IL.

Photo by Sgt. Kallahan Morris

Sergeant Daniel Garcia, range safety officer, and Cpl. Christopher Garcia, combat marksmanship trainer, train Cpl. Zachary Gandiongco and Lance Cpl. Anthony Cashiola in proper rifle and scope use during live fire training held at the range aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, September 14.

Photo by Laurie Pearson

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Sutchen, a network administrator with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, fires his M16A4 service rifle during a table five and six range at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug 28, 2022. Sutchen, a native of Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Williamsburg High School of Architecture and Design in 2020 and enlisted out of Recruiting Substation Brooklyn in 2020. The purpose of the training was to improve the Marines’ ability to operate their rifles at close quarters and in low-visibility environments more effectively. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEF’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Weston Brown

The 2022 Marine Rifle Squad Winners meet with General David H. Berger, the 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, outside the Home of the Commandants at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2022. The rifle squads were made up of infantry Marines from across the 4 Infantry Divisions in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pranav Ramakrishna)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Pranav Ramakrishna

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas Porter, a rifleman with 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, fires an M27 infantry automatic rifle while conducting fire team attacks during a Tactical Small Unit Leader Course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July 26, 2022. This training improved the Marines’ proficiency at the tactical level and developed small-unit leadership. 3/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Porter is a native of Memphis, Tennessee.

Photo by Cpl. Diana Jimenez

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Trevor Hancock, a team leader with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fires his rifle during an Urban Sniper Course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 25, 2022. The Urban Sniper Course was led by Marines with the Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, to enhance sniper skills in urban environments through precision fire, engaging targets through glass, urban tactical movement, marksmanship during the day and the night, planning, and stalking in urban terrain.

Photo by Lance Cpl. jonathan beauchamp