Marine Corps Installations West

U.S. Marines engage targets during pre-qualification for the new Annual Rifle Qualification at Range 116A on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 25-27, 2021. The new qualification features a three-day course of fire emphasizing lethality and positional shooting. The three days break down into a practice day, pre-qualification and qualification. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Daniel Medina)

U.S. Marines engage targets during training classes for the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition at Edson Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 2-5, 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. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde, Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels, Sgt. Juan A. Soto-Delgado)