Story by Lance Cpl. Memphis Pitts | U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command | 12.05.2024
On December 5, 2024, Weapons Training Battalion, Training Command, welcomed North Carolina Senator Ted Budd and members of his staff to an orientation on Marine Corps small arms training and marksmanship programs. During his visit, Senator Budd fired the M18 pistol, completed the Infantry Marksmanship Assessment (IMA), and received briefings on initiatives to enhance small arms lethality....
Courtesy Story | Naval Education and Training Command | 11.28.2023
The Navy Service Support Advanced Training Command (NSSATC) graduated its first class of students from the recently revamped Command Pay Personnel Administrator (CPPA) course on Nov. 3....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lee | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 09.12.2019
SAN DIEGO – Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG 3) and Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) hosted Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP) training at the Naval Base San Diego theater, Sept. 12....
Story by Lance Cpl. Tanner Lambert | III MEF Information Group | 10.15.2018
A summary of the Marine Corps Combat Pistol Program and its history. This story analyzes features of the CPP and how it has improved pistol marksmanship....
Story by Scott Curtis | Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) | 03.28.2017
By Scott Curtis and LT Kristin Cronic NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. – The Navy’s underwater repair specialists from Southeast Regional Maintenance Center’s (SERMC) Dive Locker, Engineering Department and Waterfront Operations personnel recently accomplished a first of its kind waterborne repair on USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43). The Fort McHenry is undergoing a Phased Maintenance Availability......
Story by Lance Cpl. Henry Antenor | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.01.2013
Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific executed newly instituted combat pistol program qualifications with the M9A1 9 mm pistol Oct. 29 at Range 15 on Camp Hansen....
Story by Lance Cpl. Justin Rodriguez | Marine Corps Installations East | 07.11.2013
The annual pistol marksmanship training is being phased out of the Marine Corps, and the Combat Pistol Program is being introduced to Marines at Stone Bay Rifle Range, a satellite installation of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune....
Story by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 04.30.2013
The Marine Corps has been working to improve the pistol training program since 2008. An initial assessment of the pistol program was conducted on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. In 2012, Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, deputy commandant of combat development and integration, approved the new program....
