U.S. Marine Capt. David Mancilla, the operations officer for Communication Strategy Operations Office, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, fires his M18 modular handgun at targets during a Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition team match at Edson Range on Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 10, 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 photo by Sgt. Jeremy Laboy) - U.S. Marine Capt. David Mancilla, the operations officer for Communication Strategy Operations Office, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, fires his M18 modular handgun at targets during a Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition team match at Edson Range on Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 10, 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 photo by Sgt. Jeremy Laboy)

The Quietest Range on Camp Pendleton - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Broc Story a combat graphics specialist, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations-West, draws a bow at the Rattlesnake Canyon Archery Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Jan. 8, 2020. The Rattlesnake Canyon Range is an open access range for all to participate in the sport of archery. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde)

Lance Cpl. Lester Echols chucks an M69 practice grenade from a training bay on Range 109 here. Twenty-four Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 3 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing here conducted live-fire grenade training here. Echols is an air support operator with the support squadron here. - Lance Cpl. Lester Echols chucks an M69 practice grenade from a training bay on Range 109 here. Twenty-four Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 3 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing here conducted live-fire grenade training here. Echols is an air support operator with the support squadron here.