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Training and Education Command

Quantico, Virginia

Archive: December, 2003

Depot DIs come to rescue of Battery Creek Lady Dolphins

Depot Marines recently raised money for the Battery Creek High School Lady Dolphins basketball team. India Company drill instructors, under the leadership of Gunnery Sgt. Andre L. Smallwood, India Company first sergeant, 3rd RTBn., raised $500 for needed gear for the team. The money went towards the purchase of basketball shoes and warm-ups. "The

ISMT upgrades equipment, software

The WFTBn. Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Training facility recently improved its marksmanship training capabilities by installing 12 new projectors and upgrading its simulated weapons and software - improvements that cost an estimated $500,000. The new projectors were installed in every room of the ISMT and are a vast improvement from the previous

New RMP helps female recruits shoot on target;;

Range Co. personnel from WFTBn. have recently implemented a new marksmanship training program for female recruits who fail to qualify on the rifle range during initial qualification, and also while in the Marksmanship Training Platoon. The new program, entitled Remedial Marksmanship Platoon, is a specifically designed to reduce female entry-level

Marines exert max effort during 6-week water survival course

Thrashing around in 10-foot deep water and gasping for every possible breath, each Marine struggled to stay afloat as an instructor, posing as a drowning victim, pulled them under the watery depths with all of his weight. Each Marine was taught how to locate a certain pressure point on the arm in order to subdue the victim and swim them to

Band, Liberty Belles to revisit 1940s America with special Christmas show

The Parris Island Jazz Band and the United Service Organizations' Liberty Belles will be featured at the Depot's Christmas Concert hosted by the commanding general at the Depot Lyceum Dec. 13. The music begins at 8 p.m., but Tri-Command active duty military members, civilians and retirees are encouraged to arrive with their families at 7 p.m. to

Junger's WWII war lesson teaches young Americans

"Marines have written one of their most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of operations and across every ocean in the biggest, the most difficult and dangerous job ever undertaken." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, describing the Marine Corps' impact on World War II Major Eric R. Junger,

Marine Corps Training and Education Command