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Ground Safety for Marines Course - U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Derek M. Wolford, battery gunnery sergeant with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, left, and Gunnery Sgt. Jeremy J. Toteno, battery gunnery sergeant with Golf Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, conduct a mock inspection of hazard identification during the Ground Safety for Marines (GSM) Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 24, 2023. GSM is a course for Marines and Sailors that provided occupational safety and health training to military and Department of Defense civilian personnel assigned to duties regarding ground safety. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Ground Safety for Marines Course

Ground Safety for Marines (GSM) is a two-week course that provides occupational safety and health training to military and Department of Defense civilian personnel assigned to duties in ground safety. Completing the course qualifies military personnel for the secondary military occupational specialty of 8012, Ground Safety Specialist, for Marines

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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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MCAS Cherry Point's customer service, facilities for training, and restricted airspace and ranges at Bombing Targets 9 and 11, and its proximity to Air Force training sites facilitated readiness training for the 4th Fighter Wing and strengthened relationships between its mission partners. - An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, is guided onto a ramp during Exercise Agile Cub 4 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 7, 2023. MCAS Cherry Point's customer service, facilities for training, and restricted airspace and ranges at Bombing Targets 9 and 11, and its proximity to Air Force training sites facilitated readiness training for the 4th Fighter Wing and strengthened relationships between its mission partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Noah Braswell)

U.S. Air Force Trains at MCAS Cherry Point Facilities

MCAS Cherry Point's customer service, facilities for training, and restricted airspace and ranges at Bombing Targets 9 and 11, and its proximity to Air Force training sites facilitated readiness training for the 4th Fighter Wing and strengthened relationships between its mission partners.

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Capt. J. Ramseur, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort base firefighter, talks about hazardous material protection during a Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response course aboard MCAS Beaufort, Jan. 14. The HAZWOPER training is vital for safety aboard the Air Station, which has many hazardous waste risks. - Capt. J. Ramseur, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort base firefighter, talks about hazardous material protection during a Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response course aboard MCAS Beaufort, Jan. 14. The HAZWOPER training is vital for safety aboard the Air Station, which has many hazardous waste risks.

HAZWOPER: Same vital training, lower cost

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is improving efficiency in 2015 is with updates to the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training course. The cost-saving changes began with the Jan. 12 – Jan. 16 HAZWOPER course. The course is required by federal law and regulation for Marines aboard the Air Station performing work that could expose them to hazardous substances.

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