U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Meray Vazquezpacheco, a food service specialist with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, engages targets with an M16A4 service rifle during a Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition match at Edson Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 7, 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. Vazquezpacheco is a native of Georgetown, Louisiana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)
Date Taken: | 11.09.2020 |
Date Posted: | 11.09.2020 21:36 |
Photo ID: | 6418881 |
VIRIN: | 201109-M-XF840-1048 |
Resolution: | 2661x3991 |
Size: | 1008.37 KB |
Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CA, US |
Hometown: | GEORGETOWN, LA, US |
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