II MEF News

An instructor with the Division Combat Skills Center works with a deployed virtual training environment at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 27, 2016. This specific program focuses on the DCSC’s goal of individual and small-unit training by providing the combat-oriented course and forcing the Marines to use the knowledge they acquired in a simulated scenario. (U. S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Miranda Faughn/Released) - An instructor with the Division Combat Skills Center works with a deployed virtual training environment at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 27, 2016. This specific program focuses on the DCSC’s goal of individual and small-unit training by providing the combat-oriented course and forcing the Marines to use the knowledge they acquired in a simulated scenario. (U. S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Miranda Faughn/Released)

Division Combat Skills Center: Knowledge to the next generation

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-- Marines and sailors throughout II Marine Expeditionary Force have the opportunity to make themselves more combat ready under the training of the Division Combat Skills Center. The DCSC focuses on individual and small unit training by providing combat-oriented courses such as machine gun and mortar’s courses. They also have the capability to teach Basic Urban Skills Training and a Combat Trauma Care courses.

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Cpl. Brighten Bell, a student undergoing the 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center Pre-Scout Sniper Course, acquires a target during a stalking exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 22, 2016. The exercise required students to traverse approximately 1000 meters of high grass and fire on a target, all without being detected. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Cpl. Brighten Bell, a student undergoing the 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center Pre-Scout Sniper Course, acquires a target during a stalking exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 22, 2016. The exercise required students to traverse approximately 1000 meters of high grass and fire on a target, all without being detected. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Predator and prey: Pre-Scout Sniper students stalk targets

The 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center held its final week of instruction for aspiring Marine scout snipers as part of the Pre-Scout Sniper Course at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 22.

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Lance Cpl. Richard K. Wiebe, a student undergoing the 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center Pre-Scout Sniper Course, fires on a target with the M40A5 sniper rifle at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 12, 2016. Students worked in teams of two, executing roles as a spotter or a shooter, to engage targets between 300 and 1,000 meters away. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Lance Cpl. Richard K. Wiebe, a student undergoing the 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center Pre-Scout Sniper Course, fires on a target with the M40A5 sniper rifle at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 12, 2016. Students worked in teams of two, executing roles as a spotter or a shooter, to engage targets between 300 and 1,000 meters away. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Marines enter second week of DCSC pre-scout sniper course

The 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center continued the development of future Marine scout snipers during a known-distance firing range as part of the pre-scout sniper course at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 12.

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A Marine student undergoing the 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center Pre-Scout Sniper Course applies camouflage at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 6, 2016. The three-week course is designed to prepare qualified Marines for the Scout Sniper Basic Course, and instructs them in skills such as stalking, camouflage, land navigation and marksmanship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - A Marine student undergoing the 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center Pre-Scout Sniper Course applies camouflage at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 6, 2016. The three-week course is designed to prepare qualified Marines for the Scout Sniper Basic Course, and instructs them in skills such as stalking, camouflage, land navigation and marksmanship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Division Combat Skills Center begins pre-scout sniper course

The 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center began to train tomorrow’s Marines of the scout sniper community with the Pre-Scout Sniper Course at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 6.

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