 Sergeant Capca on the staff non-commissioned officer in charge for the Marine Corps shooting team from Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, Virginia. We're currently conducting the Marine Corps competition east in Stone Bay, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where we're training Marines in advanced markship skills more than what they would receive at a typical annual rifle qualification. Any Marines can come and compete in these, so if they have the desire to come out and get some additional training and their commanders will allow them to come out for a couple of weeks to get some advanced training from the Marine Corps shooting team, then we conduct a competition on the second week that they're here. So you see the first week where they're getting trained on advanced level stuff that maybe they're not used to. Week two they're actually going to put all of those techniques together and train and compete against each other in a competition. So as the staff and SOIC of the shooting team, my job is to support my members, my Marines of the shooting team. We are comprised of three teams. We have a rifle team, we have a pistol team, and we have an action shooting team. What the Marines obtain when they come out here is that advanced level training that we're providing them, different from what they would receive at an annual rifle qualification. They're going to be receiving instruction on how to be shooting more accurately, shooting faster, putting those things together. And that's what's making Marines more lethal. And commanders can enjoy that too because there's a return on investment. They're sending their Marines out to us for a couple of weeks, getting out of work. But what they're doing is they're going to be returning to their commands with an advanced skill set that they can in turn train the rest of their Marines and make them more lethal as well. So that's what we're really trying to do is help Marines feel more comfortable with the weapon systems, maneuvering with a weapon around obstacles, engaging multiple targets, transitioning between targets quicker, and putting their feet together with that. So it's all about speed and accuracy. And that's what we're looking to do out here. So the basic life cycle for the Marine Corps shooting team, which start, if you think the fiscal year, starting in the fiscal year, October, we start conducting these competitions. We have five regional competitions that we conduct starting at the National Capital Region in Quantico, Virginia. And then we go to Okinawa, Japan for the Far East competition. We go to Hawaii for the Pacific, Camp Pendleton for the Western matches. And then we come here for the Eastern competition before moving on to Quantico for the Marine Corps championships. What we do at all of these competitions, as you're seeing here at Stone Bay, is we have a competition where the top 10% will receive a medal on rifle or individual pistol. Those winners will be invited to the Marine Corps championships in Quantico, which is conducted April 4th through April 11th. From those competitors that won at the regional matches, they're going to compete against each other to see who's the best, who's the true best rifle and best pistol shooter in the Marine Corps. And that's what we're looking for. Additionally, what we'll do at that point is we will screen all of those competitors and we're going to select about 10 to 20 of them to come augment us throughout the summer competition season. So the difference in the summer is that's when the Marine Corps shooting team will then go compete in matches and represent the Marine Corps at local, state, regional, inner service and national level competitions. We have Marines of all different skill level come out here. If you've never shot a pistol before, you can come compete. If you, you know, aren't shooting expert every time you go on the rifle, you can still come out and compete. We're looking to make those Marines. We start from a basic level and we move quick, but we're going to advance those skill sets from zero to hero at a rapid pace. So we're looking for those Marines that, you know, whether you've competed before or not, don't be, you know, hesitant to come out here and learn something because I promise you this, regardless, at the end of the day, you're going to walk off the range and know more about yourself. You're going to be a better marksman. You're going to be more lethal and you're going to be more ready for that fight when it comes.