21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Pistol Marksmanship Marine Corps Reference Publication (MCRP) 3-01B
Top Marine shooters meet in rifle, pistol matches Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:00 am Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune The Globe Alfred M. Gray, Jr., 29th commandant of the Marine Corps, created the one ethos that would last throughout the following history...
The struggle of minority officers I witnessed at TBS has never left my mind. Over time, I have come to understand the cause. TBS is a high-pressure environment where lieutenants are in direct competition with one another. The first three significant tests areswim qualification, rifle/pistol qua...
under arms— status of having a weapon, sidearm, "MP" or "SP" brassard, or wearing equipment pertaining to an arm such as a sword sling, pistol belt, or cartridge belt as part of guard duty; Marines under arms do not remove covers indoors....
. The Marines wide choice of weapons are: the 9x19mm GLOCK 17 pistol, the Diemaco C7A1 5.56mm assault rifle with an 4.3x optical Elcan sight attached on it, plus the Light Support Weapon model of it, by the Dutch known as Diemaco LOAW [the Corps also wish to procure grenade ...
HE PLANNED AND COORDINATED TRAINING FOR 120 MARINES THROUGH FOUR FISCAL YEARS, INCLUDING 22 COMBAT AND PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST EVENTS, FOUR RIFLE AND PISTOL RANGES, GAS CHAMBERS AND OVER 120 HOURS OF ANNUAL TRAINING. IN ADDITION TO HIS PRIMARY DUTIES, GUNNERY SERGEANT THOMPSON WORKED TO COMPLETE ...
Perhaps this essay can be the start of introspection and real discussion on systemic bias within the Marine Corps. I know that the Corps, with its legacy of courage, is capable of changing the course of TBS toward a new, fair, and anti-racist system. With that accomplishment, the...
In the “trust game,” one Marine loads a pistol, takes the magazine out of battery (pressing the magazine release so that while the mag is still inserted in the weapon, it is not fully seated), then racks the slide, ejecting the round in the chamber. He then points the weapon at ...
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Brown had not received a psychiatric diagnosis prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps, his attorney said. In elementary school, he had been diagnosed with an attention deficit disorder. “There’s no indication that anybody in the Marines should have known,” Caldwell-Bono ...