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Camp Lejeune Indoor Infantry Immersion Training - U.S. Marines with India company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, conduct training at the Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) site on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2023. The IIT is designed to provide Marines with a realistic combat environment using sound, smell, atmospherics and role-players to increase combat efficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Camp Lejeune’s Infantry Immersion Trainers Expose Warriors to Realities of Combat

Twenty years ago, with conflicts heating up in the Middle East, there was an increased focus on the refinement of warfighting tactics in urban population centers which led to the establishment of multiple Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) training locations on Marine Corps bases for Marines to practice room-clearing procedures and to

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2023 Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition East Award Ceremony - U.S. Marines pose for a photo with the 2023 Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition East pistol match trophy at the Base Theater on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 17, 2023. The winners of this year’s pistol match were Marine Corps Security Forces Training Company Team 1. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zeta Johnson)

East Coast Marines compete for Gunners Trophy at the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition-East on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

In an organization where every Marine is a rifleman, service members need adequate facilities to maintain proficiency in using their weapon systems. On Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, Marines from all over the East Coast, and a team of British Royal Marines Commandos from the United Kingdom, were challenged physically and mentally while

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Graf, squad leader, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, participates in a live fire event as part of the 4th MARDIV Rifle Squad Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. , Jan. 30, 2023. The three-day event tested the Marines across a variety of infantry skills to determine the most combat effective rifle squad within the 4th MARDIV. MCB Camp Lejeune training facilities allow warfighters to be ready today and prepare for tomorrow’s fight. - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Graf, squad leader, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, participates in a live fire event as part of the 4th MARDIV Rifle Squad Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. , Jan. 30, 2023. The three-day event tested the Marines across a variety of infantry skills to determine the most combat effective rifle squad within the 4th MARDIV. MCB Camp Lejeune training facilities allow warfighters to be ready today and prepare for tomorrow’s fight.

MCB Camp Lejeune hosts the 2023 4th MARDIV Rifle Squad Competition

"To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy," said U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Douglas. K. Clark, commanding general, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. "That is what it's all about..."

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