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Entry-level Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West completed their culminating event at Range 408 here, Sept. 25. The range includes and implements the different infantry occupational specialties at the company level. Medium/light machine guns and mortars suppress the enemy first, providing the supporting fire for a squad size element of riflemen and assaultmen to assault the enemies’ position. Infantry Training Battalion trains all infantry, entry-level Marines in the skills essential to operating combat environment. Infantry Training Battalion is a 52-day training course that transforms the raw Marine into an infantryman who can fight, survive, and win in a combat situation. - Entry-level Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West completed their culminating event at Range 408 here, Sept. 25. The range includes and implements the different infantry occupational specialties at the company level. Medium/light machine guns and mortars suppress the enemy first, providing the supporting fire for a squad size element of riflemen and assaultmen to assault the enemies’ position. Infantry Training Battalion trains all infantry, entry-level Marines in the skills essential to operating combat environment. Infantry Training Battalion is a 52-day training course that transforms the raw Marine into an infantryman who can fight, survive, and win in a combat situation.

Sgt. Shane M. Cell, a combat instructor with Headquarters & Instructor Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, teaches Marines how to construct a breaching charge as part of the ITB assaultman course, Sept. 22. Combat instructors work long hours every week to ensure each company of approximately 300 Marines are technically and tactically proficient before the end of either the 59-day ITB or 29-day Marine Combat Training curriculum. They teach new Marines infantry weapons systems and ground combat skills such as land navigation, military operations in urban terrain and the fundamentals of the combat hunter course.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez) - Sgt. Shane M. Cell, a combat instructor with Headquarters & Instructor Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, teaches Marines how to construct a breaching charge as part of the ITB assaultman course, Sept. 22. Combat instructors work long hours every week to ensure each company of approximately 300 Marines are technically and tactically proficient before the end of either the 59-day ITB or 29-day Marine Combat Training curriculum. They teach new Marines infantry weapons systems and ground combat skills such as land navigation, military operations in urban terrain and the fundamentals of the combat hunter course. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez)

Lance Cpl. Sheldon D. Vogt, right, a machinegunner with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attempts an armbar on Cpl. Sean Cooley, left, team captain of the Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations - West, while training to prepare for the upcoming Commanding General’s Cup grappling tournament at the Paige Fieldhouse, Oct. 29.“The tournament is based on the United World Wrestling rules,” said Jon Frank, event coordinator for the tournament. “Contestants gain points for scoring takedowns, obtaining dominant positions and can win matches by submitting their opponents.”For more information on the CG’s cup grappling tournament and details on how to participate, please contact MCCS Intramural Sports Office at 760-763-0453. - Lance Cpl. Sheldon D. Vogt, right, a machinegunner with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attempts an armbar on Cpl. Sean Cooley, left, team captain of the Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations - West, while training to prepare for the upcoming Commanding General’s Cup grappling tournament at the Paige Fieldhouse, Oct. 29. “The tournament is based on the United World Wrestling rules,” said Jon Frank, event coordinator for the tournament. “Contestants gain points for scoring takedowns, obtaining dominant positions and can win matches by submitting their opponents.” For more information on the CG’s cup grappling tournament and details on how to participate, please contact MCCS Intramural Sports Office at 760-763-0453.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton held a Hiring Our Heroes jobs summit at the Pacific Views Events Center here, Sept. 17-18, to provide service members, veterans and spouses with networking opportunities and improve their competitiveness in the workforce.Lieutenant Ray Baez, an officer with the California Department of Corrections, discusses employment opportunities with Cpl. Jennifer Rolon, an intelligence analyst during the Career Fair portion of the summit.Approximately 600 participants attended the event, which hosted 109 companies from a diverse field ranging from finance to the automotive industry. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez) - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton held a Hiring Our Heroes jobs summit at the Pacific Views Events Center here, Sept. 17-18, to provide service members, veterans and spouses with networking opportunities and improve their competitiveness in the workforce. Lieutenant Ray Baez, an officer with the California Department of Corrections, discusses employment opportunities with Cpl. Jennifer Rolon, an intelligence analyst during the Career Fair portion of the summit. Approximately 600 participants attended the event, which hosted 109 companies from a diverse field ranging from finance to the automotive industry. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez)

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