Marine Corps Installations West

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, graduated from the first Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 30, 2021. As the first course closes, SOI staff are preparing for the next iteration later this year. IMC was a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course used a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC had been in development for a year and followed guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, learn to patrol and clear urban environments during the thirteenth week of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 19-23, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, take the lead while training in patrols and defensive operations during the twelfth week of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 11-16, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, hone the skills they have learned throughout the course in fire and maneuver drills as part of the eleventh week of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 5-9, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, complete their infantry physical assessment and sharpen their patrolling skills as part of the tenth week of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 29 - April 2, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, participate in land navigation training as part of Week 4 of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 15-19th, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jeremy Laboy, Sgt. Juan Soto-Delgado, Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez and Lance Cpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, go through the first week of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 25-29, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Juan A. Soto-Delgado and Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry West, conduct a 20-kilometer conditioning hike near the School of Infantry - West on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 9, 2020. Conditioning hikes of various distances evaluate the students’ ability to transport themselves and their gear from one location to another as expediently as possible. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry West, conduct an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle familiarization range at Range 215A on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 5, 2020. ITB trains, develops and certifies Marines as riflemen, as well as their primary military occupational specialty within the infantry field, before sending them to join the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, train with the M67 fragmentation grenade at Range 202 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 26, 2020. The Marines learned the characteristics and the tactical employment of the fragmentation grenade during this training evolution. ITB trains, develops and certifies Marines as riflemen, as well as their primary military occupational specialty within the infantry field, before sending them to join the Fleet Marine Force (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marines with Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, conduct a Mark 19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher live-fire range at Range 204B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 2, 2020. ITB trains, develops and certifies Marines as riflemen, as well as their primary military occupational specialty within the infantry field, before sending them to join the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, conduct an M240B medium machine gun live-fire range during the Infantry Machine Gunner’s course at Range 218A on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 26, 2020. ITB trains, develops and certifies Marines as riflemen, as well as their primary military occupational specialty within the infantry field, before sending them to join the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, operate a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, conduct buddy rushes during the last live-fire range of the Rifleman Course at Range 208C on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 22, 2020. ITB trains, develops and certifies Marines as riflemen, as well as their primary military occupational specialty within the infantry field, before sending them to join the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)