 Table 3 is a known distance firing range and is part of pre-deployment training program, or PTP. PTP on Camp Hanson is a 10-day course designed to remind Marines of what they learned about combat and to give them a closer look at the culture and warfare of their deployment location. Knowing is half the battle to me. Without going in and without having this training, you're unprepared. More in depth along the cultural classes. Language, getting over the language barrier, having to leave that footprint of the Marine Corps in that culture. Table 3 contains pivot and shoot maneuvers, different firing sequences and shooting while moving. Whatever little bit you can't remember from all this is something that's going to help you. Whereas, if you didn't know anything, you had nothing to even try to remember, so it definitely helps. This program prepares Marines for what they will face in country. Marine Corporal Malcolm Payne, Camp Hanson, Okinawa.