Marines


Marine Combat Training Battalion

SOI-W Marine Combat Training Battalion New Logo
School of Infantry - West
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California

MCT Battalion generates Marine Riflemen to possess a foundational understanding of , and their role in applying, the Marine Corps warfighting ethos, core values, basic tenets of maneuver warfare, leadership responsibilities, mental, moral, and physical resiliency in order to contribute to the successful accomplishment of their unit's mission.

NEW RIFLEMAN DEFINITION:  A Marine rifleman embodies the Marine Corps warfighting ethos; offensively minded; lethal with their weapon mentally; morally and physically resilient; proficient in basic field craft; and possessing a foundational understanding of leadership and the basic tenets of maneuver warfare.

Marine Combat Training Battalion Leaders

Portrait of Commanding Officer
Commanding Officer
Marine Combat Training Battalion

Lieutenant Colonel Tyler J. Anthony graduated from Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned

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Portrait of Sergeant Major
Sergeant Major
Marine Combat Training Battalion

Sergeant Major Jose Cabrera was born 14 May 1984 in Managua, Nicaragua.  He enlisted in the Marine

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MCT-WEST MARINES "SEMPER FIDELIS"

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MCT Live-Fire and Maneuver B-Roll

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion (MCT), School of Infantry – West conduct Live-Fire and Maneuver on Camp Pendleton,...

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Golf Company Night Combat Marksmanship

Marines with Golf Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West conduct Table 6 – Night Combat Marksmanship on Camp Pendleton,...

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Golf Company Conducts Live Fire and Maneuver

Marines with Golf Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West conduct live fire and maneuver drills on Camp Pendleton,...

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Golf Company Final Exercise

Marines with Golf Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West conduct their final exercise, or FINEX, on Camp Pendleton,...

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Golf Company 15K Conditioning Hike

Marines with Golf Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West conduct a 15 kilometer combat conditioning hike on Camp...

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Golf Company Graduation

Golf Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion (MCT), School of Infantry–West, graduated on Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 3, 2018 after 29 days of...


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