Posted on May 11, 2021
Camp Pendleton is first to train young infantry Marines for a new type of fight
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All the squads of young Marines at Camp Pendleton’s School of Infantry knew was their training scenario had them tossed from a Navy boat to swim 300 meters to the shore of an island.
Achieving the mock invasion set in the South China Sea as a group was up to them.
Dressed in full combat gear, they pushed through the water. Stronger swimmers went ahead to secure and set up sentries, while some swam back to help Marines who were struggling. By thinking and working together they successfully completed their mission.
The exercise was among the last this group of 138 Marines was evaluated on during their 14th and final week of a new course being piloted for them to become infantry Marines and earn the title of rifleman. Teamwork is a key element as the Marine Corps tries to develop infantry Marines with more varied skills, students are now learning information in bits and pieces and then translating the information in action – using as much brain as brawn, officials said.
Achieving the mock invasion set in the South China Sea as a group was up to them.
Dressed in full combat gear, they pushed through the water. Stronger swimmers went ahead to secure and set up sentries, while some swam back to help Marines who were struggling. By thinking and working together they successfully completed their mission.
The exercise was among the last this group of 138 Marines was evaluated on during their 14th and final week of a new course being piloted for them to become infantry Marines and earn the title of rifleman. Teamwork is a key element as the Marine Corps tries to develop infantry Marines with more varied skills, students are now learning information in bits and pieces and then translating the information in action – using as much brain as brawn, officials said.
Camp Pendleton is first to train young infantry Marines for a new type of fight
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I think this is a really good exercise for all Marines, you had to be a Class A swimmer in order to go into certain MOS's such as Assault Amphibian Vehicles, Recon, Special Operations Units etc... I personally think it's a great idea to make them all Class A Swimmers.
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About damn time. The Marine Corps has gotten so far away from it's roots that it is really just another Army minus the AAV's. Good on the Commandant
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The Marines need to work with the Seals right down the road in Coronado how to get to the beach head a bit stealthier and ready for battle then what I read in the article. The Chinese are using advanced options. Swimming to the beach in their neighborhood seems well !? And if we have to have a better budget line to cover the expenses in gear created at darpa, then start repurposing right now federal aid budget resources currently being thrown at helping a wave of people crashing the border on the south. I want our boys 100% funded with the best gear, stealth, health, and readiness.
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