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Video by Cpl. Manuel Serrano

Infantry Officers Course live fire exercise

Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools

Jan. 25, 2017 | 0:48

U.S. Marines attending the Infantry Officers Course, fire M240B machine guns and M249 squad automatic weapons during a squad weapons and munitions field exercise at Camp Barrett, Va., Jan. 25, 2017. The mission of Infantry Officers Course is to train and educate newly commissioned or appointed officers in the high standards of professional knowledge, espirit-de-corps, and leadership to prepare them for duty as company grade officers in the operating forces, with particular emphasis on the duties, responsibilities, and warfighting skills required of a rifle platoon commander. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Manuel A. Serrano)