Close Quarters Tactics Course

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Marines dash 25-yards before firing in the stand and kneeling in 11 seconds during the Special Operations Training Group’s Close Quarters Tactics course Aug. 31, on Stone Bay’s Multi Purpose Range. The course is part of a pipeline of courses, conducted by SOTG, meant to prepare the Marines for the missions they may conduct while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/31/2011 7:26 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-A Marine practices a speed reload during the Special Operations Training Group’s Close Quarters Tactics course Aug. 31, on Stone Bay’s Multi Purpose Range. The course is part of a pipeline of courses, conducted by SOTG, meant to prepare the Marines for the missions they may conduct while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/31/2011 6:16 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Marines fire their weapons during a timed drill as part of the Special Operations Training Group’s Close Quarters Tactics course Aug. 31, on Stone Bay’s Multi Purpose Range. The course is part of a pipeline of courses, conducted by SOTG, meant to prepare the Marines for the missions they may conduct while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/31/2011 4:51 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Lee Boujie, a special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman with the 24th MEU’s Force Reconnaissance Platoon, scans the area after shooting a drill during the Special Operations Training Group’s Close Quarters Tactics course Aug. 31, on Stone Bay’s Multi Purpose Range. The course is part of a pipeline of courses, conducted by SOTG, meant to prepare the Marines for the missions they may conduct while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/31/2011 4:54 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Private First Class Bobby Dale, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, waits to receive the command for the next set of drills during the Special Operations Training Group’s Close Quarters Tactics course Aug. 31, on Stone Bay’s Multi Purpose Range. The course is part of a pipeline of courses, conducted by SOTG, meant to prepare the Marines for the missions they may conduct while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/31/2011 5:11 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Private First Class Bobby Dale, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fires during a timed drill, as part of the Special Operations Training Group’s Close Quarters Tactics course Aug. 31, on Stone Bay’s Multi Purpose Range. The course is part of a pipeline of courses, run by SOTG, meant to prepare the Marines for the missions they may conduct while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/31/2011 5:12 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Marines fire their weapons during a timed drill as part of the Special Operations Training Group’s Close Quarters Tactics course Aug. 31, on Stone Bay’s Multi Purpose Range. The course is part of a pipeline of courses, conducted by SOTG, meant to prepare the Marines for the missions they may conduct while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/31/2011 5:49 AM