This is the first commercial magazine adopted as the official standard for the Marine Corps primary service rifle, Magpul explained. THE 5 COOLEST MILITARY INNOVATIONS OF 2016 Magpul has also introduced thePMAG GEN 3in the “medium coyote tan” color. The black and medium coyote tan are now t...
s standard rifle loadout for years now, but among old timers, the use of an RCO, rather than the rifle’s traditional iron sights, is just another sign of the Corps’ softening over the years. Now, the Marine Corps may actuallyrun outof the standard issue optics in as little a...
Marine Corps. for the production of its new Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR). The IAR is intended to replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) which used by automatic riflemen in Infantry and Light Armoured Reconnaissance (...
The Corps is currently looking at a radar-based system that also would measure shooting from the 500-yard to 100-yard line for the rifle qualification. If both are adopted, it would fully digitize rife qualification. In September 2023, the Marine Corps awarded an $11.3 million contract for ...
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The Marine Corps has famously claimed that every Marine is a rifleman, but the Corps has moved 1,000 personnel in the last two years to focus on cyber, electronic warfare, signals intelligence and information operations. These moves have come at the cost of infantry, “a pretty big cost to...
Ultimately, the maritime soul of the Marine Corps needs to be preserved, notwithstanding the imperatives of today’s wars. *** ViaAOL News, here are a few interesting reactions: Tom Ricks-“They are a second land army — and a third air force, by the way. That’s not necessarily a ba...
The Marine Corps may spend up to $249 million over up eight years on Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L), a program aimed to furnish dismounted Marine rifle squads with a portable beyond-line-of-sight precision attack capability. Marine specifications note the munition should ideally also be...
For $500 you can shoot as much in a year as an ordinary Marine rifleman, and you don’t need to put yourself under military discipline IN A LIBERAL DEI MILITARY TO DO IT. (my caps on… Read more » 1 ACTS (TM) Reply to Barbara Hanson March 15, 2024 7:15 AM I’m not...
Shortly after graduating from Voc-Tech, Demers enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving seven years as a rifleman, squad Leader and platoon sergeant. He leaves behind a loving wife and young daughter. His obituary paints a picture of his personality and his relationships with the people in his ...