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Training and Education Command

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Quantico, Virginia
Always Learning, Always Leading

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TECOM leads the Marine Corps Training and Education continuum from individual entry-level training, professional military education and continuous professional development, through unit, collective, and service-level training in order to produce warfighters and enhance warfighting organizations that enable the FMF to build and sustain the combat readiness required to fight and win today and in the future.

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WTBn Launches Marine Corps Attack Drone Team

U.S. Marines with Weapons Training Battalion introduce the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia March 7, 2025. The...

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Vice President Visits Weapons Training Battalion

Vice President JD Vance visits Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 26, 2025. Vance served in the Marine Corps...

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2025 Fittest Instructor Challenge

U.S. Marines prepare for Training Command's 2025 Fittest Instructor Competition on Marine Corps Baase Quantico, Virginia, April, 2025. Instructors...

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Expeditionary Communications

The ECC is an eight-week course that trains Marines in expeditionary skillsets to enable them to operate in any environment.

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New Exhibit Opening

The National Museum of the Marine Corps unveiled two new galleries on U.S. Marine Corps operations to the public in Quantico, Virginia.

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Marksmanship Campaign Plan

The Marine Corps Marksmanship Campaign Plan offers a clear, measurable definition of lethality and standardized metrics.

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2024 Training Commands' Fittest Instructor Competition

U.S. Marines participate in the 2024 Training Commands' Fittest Instructor Competition on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 22-26, 2024....

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Training and Education 2030

Training and Education 2030 outlines the Marine Corps’ continued modernization with Project Triumph, Project Trident, and Project Tripoli.

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Enhancing Marine Corps Capabilities: New ACV Transition Training Unit

U.S. Marines with the Amphibious Combat Vehicle Transition Training Unit completed a newly developed curriculum at the Assault Amphibian School at...

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The Crucible

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego conduct the crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

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Eyes on the Target

During recruit training on MCRD Parris Island, recruits shoot the Table 1 and 2 courses of fire for the qualification they need in order to graduate.

 

 

Featured Photos

U.S. Marines with Weapons Training Battalion explains the usage of the Ground Control Station to Vice President JD Vance during a demonstration of the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 26, 2025.

Vice President Visits Weapons Training Battalion-Quantico

Vice President JD Vance, shoots the M240B machine gun during a live-fire range at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 26, 2025.

Vice President Visits Weapons Training Battalion-Quantico

Vice President JD Vance, right, shoots the M107 .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle alongside U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Spencer Harrell, the advanced precision marksmanship course chief, during a live fire range at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 26, 2025.

Vice President Visits Weapons Training Battalion-Quantico

Vice President JD Vance, talks to U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ridgely W. Gray, a marksmanship coach with Weapons Training Battalion, during a live-fire range at WTBn on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 26, 2025.

Vice President Visits Weapons Training Battalion-Quantico

Vice President JD Vance, shoots the M4 carbine, during a modified Annual Rifle Qualification live-fire range at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 26, 2025.

Vice President Visits Weapons Training Battalion-Quantico

A screen displays the view from the first-person view drone goggles during a demonstration range at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 7, 2025.

Marine Corps Attack Drone Team Demo Range

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Seth M. Utsler, an assaultman, scout sniper instructor, and Chief of the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team with Weapons Training Battalion, pilots a first-person view drone during a demonstration range at WTBn on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 7, 2025.

Marine Corps Attack Drone Team Demo Range

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Timothy J. Brockup Jr., a rifleman, marksmanship coach, and first-person-view attack drone operator with Weapons Training Battalion flies a Skydio X2D drone during a demonstration range at WTBn on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 7, 2025.

Marine Corps Attack Drone Team Demo Range

A Neros Archer first-person view drone takes off during a demonstration range at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 7, 2025.

Marine Corps Attack Drone Team Demo Range

A Neros Archer first-person view drone sits on a case during a demonstration range at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 7, 2025.

Marine Corps Attack Drone Team Demo Range

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, the Training and Education Command commanding general, shoots an M27 infantry assault rifle during an Infantry Marksmanship Assessment at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Nov. 1, 2024. The assessment is a course of fire that tests a Marine’s marksmanship capabilities and is used to improve a Marine’s marksman skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Cachola)

TECOM Leaders Shoot IMA

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, the Training and Education Command commanding general, and Sgt. Dillon Conway, a marksmanship instructor assigned to Infantry Marksmanship Training Program, reviews scores during an Infantry Marksmanship Assessment at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Nov. 1, 2024. The assessment is a course of fire that tests a Marine’s marksmanship capabilities and is used to improve a Marine’s marksman skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Cachola)

TECOM Leaders Shoot IMA

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson (right), the Training and Education Command commanding general, Sgt. Nickolaus Fleitas (center), and Sgt. Dillon Conway (left), marksmanship instructors assigned to Infantry Marksmanship Training Program, reviews scores during an Infantry Marksmanship Assessment at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Nov. 1, 2024. The assessment is a course of fire that tests a Marine’s marksmanship capabilities and is used to improve a Marine’s marksman skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Cachola)

TECOM Leaders Shoot IMA

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jude Stewart, the Infantry Marksmanship Training Program staff non-commissioned officer in charge, shoots an M27 infantry assault rifle during an Infantry Marksmanship Assessment at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Nov. 1, 2024. The assessment is a course of fire that tests a Marine’s marksmanship capabilities and is used to improve a Marine’s marksman skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Cachola)

TECOM Leaders Shoot IMA

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Stephen Griffin, the Training and Education Command sergeant major, shoots an M27 infantry assault rifle during an Infantry Marksmanship Assessment at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Nov. 1, 2024. The assessment is a course of fire that tests a Marine’s marksmanship capabilities and is used to improve a Marine’s marksman skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Cachola)

TECOM Leaders Shoot IMA

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, the Commanding General of Training and Education Command, and Sgt. Maj. Stephen Griffin, the Command Sergeant Major of Training and Education Command, cut a ribbon at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, VA, Oct. 6, 2024. The National Museum of the Marine Corps opened the new Forward Deployed and Iraq & Afghanistan galleries to the public.

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Civilians look at displays at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, Oct. 6, 2024. The National Museum of the Marine Corps opened the new Forward Deployed and Iraq & Afghanistan galleries to the public.

New Exhibitions

Civilians look at displays at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, VA, Oct 6, 2024. 2024. The National Museum of the Marine Corps opened the new Forward Deployed and Iraq & Afghanistan galleries to the public.

National Museum of the Marine Corps unveils two new galleries

Civilians look at displays at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, VA, Oct 6, 2024. 2024. The National Museum of the Marine Corps opened the new Forward Deployed and Iraq & Afghanistan galleries to the public.

National Museum of the Marine Corps unveils two new galleries

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