U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 3 A.J. Pasciuti, the battalion gunner for Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, gives a brief to students about the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 25, 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. Pasciuti is a native of San Jose, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts) - U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 3 A.J. Pasciuti, the battalion gunner for Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, gives a brief to students about the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 25, 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. Pasciuti is a native of San Jose, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

LAR Marine Course take LAVs for a swim - 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 photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Rifleman students buddy rush live-fire range - A U.S. Marine with Charlie Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, 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 Photo by Lance Cpl. Angela E. Wilcox)