Cpl. Quinton Milsap, an administrative specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, inserts hearing protection before shooting at the Carlos Hathcock Range aboard the east side of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, June 8. Marines must wear hearing protection while at the range to ensure they reduce any hearing loss caused by shooting their weapons. - Cpl. Quinton Milsap, an administrative specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, inserts hearing protection before shooting at the Carlos Hathcock Range aboard the east side of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, June 8. Marines must wear hearing protection while at the range to ensure they reduce any hearing loss caused by shooting their weapons.

Lance Cpl. Thomas Flanigan, a marksmanship instructor at the Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., offers guidance to a shooter after a course of fire, July 29. The Corps’ newest pistol marksmanship qualification, the Combat Pistol Program, implemented October 2013, allows marksmanship coaches Corpswide to make training more realistic for the thousands of Marines and Sailors who qualify annually. - Lance Cpl. Thomas Flanigan, a marksmanship instructor at the Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., offers guidance to a shooter after a course of fire, July 29. The Corps’ newest pistol marksmanship qualification, the Combat Pistol Program, implemented October 2013, allows marksmanship coaches Corpswide to make training more realistic for the thousands of Marines and Sailors who qualify annually.