MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – A Marine provides suppressive

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – A Marine provides suppressive fire during a training exercise at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 30, 2016. The exercise is part of a 7-week-long training event known as the Advanced Infantry Course. The Advance Infantry Course, which is conducted by the Advance Infantry Battalion, Detachment Hawaii, is an advanced 0311 (Rifleman) Military Occupational Specialty course for squad leaders who are currently serving in the operational field. Originally only for 3rd Marine Division, the course here has opened up to various infantry units throughout the Marine Corps. Marines start with a week proofing their prerequisites that are required for the course, confirming their basic skill sets, and then spend two weeks in a garrison environment doing course work and physical training routines geared toward the squad leader. Towards the second half of the course, Marines conduct one live fire week, followed by three consecutive weeks in the field, progressing from an urban exercise to a patrolling exercise, with offensive and defensive tactics. The Marines trained in multiple areas on the island, from high in the mountains of the Kahuko Training Facility to the Military Operation in Urban Terrain facilities on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres)