Rct. Izabela Lesinski, a recruit with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, practices sighting in on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris...
Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete the gas chamber during chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Colten Westfelt, a combat marksmanship coach with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, supervises recruits with Kilo Company,...
Rct. Charles Flunder, a recruit with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Battalion, execute the day movement course on...
The Weapons & Field Training Battalion conducts entry level marksmanship training, annual requalification training in rifle and pistol, field training, and facilitates the culminating event of recruit training, the Crucible.
In phase two of recruit training, recruits receive formal instruction and hone the skills necessary to maintain and accurately fire the M16-A4 on four live-fire rifle ranges. Each range is supervised by approximately 40 Marines who have completed a demanding course of marksmanship instruction to provide the highest caliber of weapons training in the world.
In phases two and three of recruit training, Marines from Field Training Company teach recruits the fundamentals of living in the field and surviving and winning on the modern battlefield, including chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense. These duty experts have honed their skills through a unique blend of classroom instruction and hands on experience leading Marines in the operating forces.
SSgt. Dustin M. Swick
(843) 228-4921
dustin.swick@usmc.mil
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Colonel Mitchell assumed command of Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. in July of 2024....
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Sergeant Major Pegram received orders to Weapons and Field Training Battalion and assumed the duties as the Battalion SgtMaj in April 2026....