U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, begin their second week of the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 4, 2021. <br /><br />IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. <br /><br />The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. <br /><br />"The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."<br /><br />Credit to : U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Juan A. Soto-Delgado and Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez
