Infantry Marines are ground forces trained to locate and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or repel their assault by fire and close combat. The Marine Corps is an expeditionary force with the mission to fight and win battles for our Nation.

Infantry battalions are the heart and soul of the ground combat element. The mission of locating, closing with, and destroying the enemy with fire and maneuver and repelling the enemy's assault with fire and close combat lies with the "grunts".

Between 1954 and 1966, all Marines received 13 weeks of Boot Camp (Basic Training) and 8 weeks of Infantry Training Regiment (ITR) regardless of their Primary Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), growing out of the philosophy that all Marines are riflemen first.

The Combat Instructors of Infantry Training Battalion train, coach, and qualify entry-level Marines in infantry military occupation specialties (MOS) in order to provide infantry...

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, start a 1-mile run as part of the Infantry Physical Assessment during the tenth week of the Infantry...

In preparation for a future war where Marine infantry platoons take on the responsibilities currently at the company level, the Corps is launching a new experimental School of Infantry...

Sep 8, 2023 · The new infantry battalion reduces the former standard manning of the battalion from 965 Marines down to 811 Marines while also adding a host of new technologies to vastly increase the strike...

IULTC provides advanced infantry and leadership training to develop proficient, aggressive, and resourceful small-unit leaders capable of training their units for and leading in combat on the...