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Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force conduct unknown distance shooting during the Pre-Scout Sniper Course aboard Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 20, 2015. The Marines explain the importance and unique skills a scout sniper brings to the table.

The Weapon and Tactics Instructor course (WTI) is a seven-week period of instruction, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz, that incorporates Marine Corps planning and implementation of advanced air and ground tactics through a series of escalating evolutions in order to produce certified Weapons and Tactics Intructors. WTIs serve as squadron training officers who use their skills to act as aircraft and weapons subject matter experts to provide their units with proper training and evaluation to ensure exceptional combat readiness. Produced by Sgt. Cody Haas. Includes soundbites from Maj. Douglas Seich, operations officer, MAWTS-1.

The newest group of students and instructors for Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-15 just arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Sunday, to begin the seven-week course. Hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, the WTI class will be the largest class to graduate from MAWTS-1. Students will learn and apply the latest in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground communications and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief tactics. Highlights of WTI will include a scenario-based, Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation and multiple large-scale, combined arms exercises.