Story by Pfc. Alvin Pujols | 1st Marine Division | 02.04.2015
Machine gun sections with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division began a refresher course on machine gun nomenclature, optics and operations aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 2, 2015. The fire command and control class is conducted the first week of the three-weeklong course and is vital to the foundational skills of the Marines....
Story by Lance Cpl. Ryan Mains | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 12.10.2014
For Lance Cpl. Kenneth R. Murray Jr, assaulting a mock urban town during a vertical assault feels routine, until it is done in Okinawa, Japan....
Story by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.03.2014
The ramp of an amphibious assault vehicle begins to lower letting in a burst of cool night air. Everything is black. Almost in rhythm the Marines sitting in the back of the AAV begin turning and moving down the ramp into the night. Their mission is to move over a mountain and into a village where enemy forces are known to be present....
Story by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Lapi | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 10.10.2013
Machine gunners from each company of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, spent two weeks together for crew served weapons training and conducted a final live fire event at Schofield Barracks, Oct. 8 to Oct. 10....
Story by Lance Cpl. Tabitha Bartley | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 10.16.2012
The Basic School combat instructors for Weapons Platoon gave a simulated and live-fire demonstration during crew serve weapons systems training, firing the AT-4, 60 mm and 81 mm mortars, and M240G medium machine gun at Range 7 on Oct. 16....
