U.S. Marines conduct an M3A1 Multi-role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System live-fire range at Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2024. U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 2, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, and HMLA-167 participated in small-unit training and live-fire ranges to support the Infantry Small Unit Leader’s Course (ISULC). The training reinforced basic infantry skills for junior Marines and noncommissioned officers with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and provided ISULC students with experience in leading Marines from non-infantry military occupational specialties. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 533 receive their first F-35B Lightning II jet at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Oct. 11, 2024. VMFA-533 received their first F-35B Lightning II jet, marking their transition from the F/A-18 Hornet to the F-35B. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anakin Smith)
In his 39th Commandant’s Planning Guidance, Commandant of the Marine Corps General Eric M. Smith states that “like all Marines who came before us, we are all, first and foremost, riflemen. That fact will never change.” Last week U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 2, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, and HMLA-167, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), lived those words by participating in small-unit training and live-fire ranges to support the Marine Corps’ Infantry Small Unit Leader’s Course (ISULC) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22.
“The end state for ISULC is to develop the leadership, decision-making capability and proficiency of infantry...
