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Fly on the wall: IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System - U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol through the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines patrolling were under camera surveillance as part of the IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System, a training reviewing system used by infantry Marines and their leadership to enhance after action reviews and increase the unit's ability to make corrections to their patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Congressman Jason Chaffetz, Chairman of the House Oversight Government and Reform Committee, was escorted by members of MCIWEST MCB-CAMPEN Government and External Affairs on a tour of training facilities and tenant commands aboard Camp Pendleton, April 6. The day concluded with a tour of the Infantry Immersion Trainer, a hands-on, mixed reality training facility that simulates the sights, smells, sounds and feel of village, in designated locations. The purpose of the facility is to provide a realistic environment in which to train Marines for deployment. - Congressman Jason Chaffetz, Chairman of the House Oversight Government and Reform Committee, was escorted by members of MCIWEST MCB-CAMPEN Government and External Affairs on a tour of training facilities and tenant commands aboard Camp Pendleton, April 6. The day concluded with a tour of the Infantry Immersion Trainer, a hands-on, mixed reality training facility that simulates the sights, smells, sounds and feel of village, in designated locations. The purpose of the facility is to provide a realistic environment in which to train Marines for deployment.

A group of senior executives from the Orange Country Young Presidents’ Organization came aboard Camp Pendleton for a day of touring base training facilities, observing range operations, and viewing aviation static displays, March 31. The executives learned about military operations in urban terrain and reconnaissance training from Company C, First Reconnaissance Battalion. - A group of senior executives from the Orange Country Young Presidents’ Organization came aboard Camp Pendleton for a day of touring base training facilities, observing range operations, and viewing aviation static displays, March 31. The executives learned about military operations in urban terrain and reconnaissance training from Company C, First Reconnaissance Battalion.

Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations-West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, speaks to the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps' (NROTC) Midshipmen about what its like to be a junior commissioned officer, during urban warfare training at the Annual Career Orientation for Midshipmen Summer Training Program, on Camp Pendleton, June 14. Midshipmen were introduced to the Marine Corps, military operations in urbanized terrain, counterinsurgency operations at the Infantry Immersion Trainer, the importance of small unit leadership and interactions with Marine officers and non-commissioned officers. They accomplished this by having squad and fire-team level urban scenarios, which integrated role-playing and culture training. - Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations-West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, speaks to the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps' (NROTC) Midshipmen about what its like to be a junior commissioned officer, during urban warfare training at the Annual Career Orientation for Midshipmen Summer Training Program, on Camp Pendleton, June 14. Midshipmen were introduced to the Marine Corps, military operations in urbanized terrain, counterinsurgency operations at the Infantry Immersion Trainer, the importance of small unit leadership and interactions with Marine officers and non-commissioned officers. They accomplished this by having squad and fire-team level urban scenarios, which integrated role-playing and culture training.