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I'm Sergeant Lamb Andrew . I'm with

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uh FMTC at division schools and I'm the

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course chief in OSE . So the war

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fighting skills course is essentially a

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course designed for non-O3 MOSs ,

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uh , and it essentially teaches the

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Marines or more or less a refresher on

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what they learned in MCT , so making

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them more lethal and . Falling back

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into those cross rifles that every

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marine wears , every Marine is a

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rifleman . So at the end of the day

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what we do is we teach them patrolling ,

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comms , orders , and machine guns so

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that when they are ever employed and

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put into a rifle squad they can be

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another gun in the fight rather than a

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liability . Perfect . So for the course

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it's a one week course . Monday was

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classroom heavy and what we taught them

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was patrolling , machine guns , orders ,

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uh , a brief rundown of CLS , and then

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Tuesday what we did was we went out to

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the range and we conducted PB

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operations and in there we did

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patrolling and also with that we did

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patrol rack app so that we can better

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deep dive into it . So , uh , we had

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them do reaction contact IA drills .

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And then Wednesday now we're gonna go

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into interior exterior guard teaching

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them what sergeant of the guard does ,

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corporal of the guard does , standing

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watch standards , and then EPW handling .

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Thursday with Thursday what we're gonna

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do is we're gonna take them to the

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range and now we're gonna teach them

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how to zero rifle and we're gonna do

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tables 5 and 6 , which is a short base

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shoot . From there we started

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implementing the IMA and it's a little

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bit more of an exposure to them . The

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IMA is the infantry marksmanship

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assessment . It's a low round count ,

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uh , shoot and quaw that you can do so

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that you can show how lethal you are .

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It's a combination of combat shooting

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and tactical shooting . And you'll

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achieve a hit factor of it . Hit factor

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is how lethal your shots were with your

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time equaling how lethal you were . And

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then from there Friday we'll get X

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field from the field and head back ,

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debrief AR , and the instructors will

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get over common trends and

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um we'll do weapons maintenance as well .

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So what's expected throughout the

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course is the students are essentially

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sponges but thinking sponges while

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they're taking in knowledge and all all

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the material that we're teaching them ,

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we also expect them to critically think

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and probe at what they're getting

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taught along with critically thinking

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of like , hey , if this situation

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happens or this situation happens , how

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do we perceive this happening or how

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would I play into a rifle squad or if .

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Uh , let's say I'm not a squad leader

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in this course they will be put in

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positions of leadership , but if they

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are not put in that position of

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leadership , what do they do as a

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marine that is attached ?

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So the characteristics that we're

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looking for are essentially that

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they're tough , resilient , and yes ,

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we understand that every day that they

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don't do this and this is out of their

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norm and out of their realm . But we

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still expect them to still fall back on

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that marine , uh , warrior spirit that

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pushing through the pain . Yes ,

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they're gonna be tired , yes , they're

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gonna be fatigued , but to essentially

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keep pushing towards it and just like

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how the Cruz Bowl or like going through

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boot camp is , you're gonna be in the

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and it's not gonna be fun , but at

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least you're around your buddies and

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you're doing it with a purpose .

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Students don't necessarily need to have

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a preparation because when they get

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here we'll teach them a baseline so

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that they all have a baseline

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understanding , but it would make the

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course way more beneficial and further

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progress quicker if they all come in

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with a basic understanding of

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patrolling , comms , CLS , and machine

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guns . If they have a basic knowledge

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of that , we can start teaching them

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more in depth rather than trying to

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teach just baseline and build that

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foundation . The most important

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takeaway is that they know how to

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patrol so that they can become more of

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an asset in uh as that attaching agency

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and that attaching element into it uh

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because a lot of people here that are

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going through are either 06s , Comtat

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RPs , uh , docs we would like for them

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to get into the line companies if they

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are ever attached or they had to do it .

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That they have an understanding and a

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competency of it in order to make them

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better warfighters and also in order to

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keep the people around them uh safe .

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I think war fighting skills course is

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great as a refresher for guys that are

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non-03 , and they should look forward

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to doing more stuff like this , or if

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they're not able to do it as a unit ,

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send them to this course so that they

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can have better Marines and so those

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Marines can come back and teach their

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younger Marines or if they are new

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Marines , they're better caught up so

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that they can be more effective in the

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field .