Story by Capt. Jacoby Getty | U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command | 09.20.2024
Marine Corps Training and Education Command has released the Marksmanship Campaign Plan (MCP), offering a clear, measurable definition of lethality and providing Marines with standardized metrics to assess and enhance their effectiveness in combat....
Story by Lance Cpl. Paige Verry | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 08.11.2021
The U.S. Marine Corps Rifle Team made their mark on the historic ranges of Camp Perry, Port Clinton, Ohio while competing in the 2021 National Matches, July 26 through Aug. 10. The team placed fourth out of 58 six-man teams comprised of U.S. service members, junior shooters and civilians. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Williams, a competitor with the Marine Corps Rifle Team, finished......
Courtesy Story | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 06.07.2019
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va.-- Recreational shooting is now available to service members, their dependents, and Department of Defense employees bi-weekly on Fridays at Weapons Training Battalion’s range one from noon to 2 p.m....
Story by Cpl. Naomi May | Marine Corps Recruiting Command | 03.12.2019
U.S. Marines participated in the 44th Annual Joint Culinary Training Exercise at Fort Lee, Virginia, March 9 – 14, 2019. The Marines competed alongside 200 military chefs in the largest American Culinary Federation (ACF)-sanctioned culinary competition in North America....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Lebron | War.gov | 10.02.2018
See original article here: https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1648485/marines-keep-weapons-on-target/ Sixty Marines. That’s it. Just 60. Sixty out of the 200,000 Marines currently serving in the military are qualified as precision weapons repairmen. As the Marine Corps’ gunsmiths, these specialized craftsmen can bring a weapon from the pages of a blueprint all the way to the......
Story by Adele Uphaus-Conner | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 06.30.2016
Weapons Training Battalion (WTBN) aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico held a change of command ceremony June 30 at which Col. Timothy Parker relinquished command to Col. Peter Farnum....
Story by Adele Uphaus-Conner | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 01.19.2016
“It’s fitting that this mess hall is being named for Staff Sgt. Malachowski because he was hungry,” Lt. Col. Jonathan Sabado, executive officer of Marine Corps Embassy Security Group, said at a dedication of the new building at Weapons Training Battalion aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico Jan. 19. “I don’t mean he was hungry for chow hall food. He was hungry for something deeper that......
Story by Lance Cpl. Sean Berry | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.20.2015
Weapons Training Battalion held the 2015 Combat Division matches on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune at Stone Bay from Oct. 13 through 15 in which Marines from different units competed in timed shooting events using three different weapons systems....
