A Marine combat instructor with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fires on a student-led patrol during a force-on-force raid during compartmentalized terrain training as part of the thirteenth week of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 21, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adapti


A Marine combat instructor with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fires on a student-led patrol during a force-on-force raid during compartmentalized terrain training as part of the thirteenth week of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 21, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030.


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