Camp Lejeune Marines take aim with new annual rifle qualifications, develop more proficient marksmen

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Samuel Heitzman, right, an infantry unit leader with Weapons Training Battalion, Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, instructs Marines on the proper placement of night vision devices to be used during a new experimental annual rifle qualification (ARQ) at the Marksmanship Training Unit classroom at Stone Bay on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 31, 2020. The new ARQ is expected to be implemented by 2021, with shooters wearing combat gear and qualifying over a course of three days. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers)