{"id":26691,"date":"2015-07-03T14:39:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T14:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/07\/03\/corps-top-marksmen-want-marines-to-join-their-team\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:33:39","slug":"corps-top-marksmen-want-marines-to-join-their-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2015\/07\/03\/corps-top-marksmen-want-marines-to-join-their-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Corps&#8217; top marksmen want Marines to join their team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a member of the Marine Corps Shooting Team, Ranton repeatedly hit targets dead center from distances of 200, 300 and 600 yards away at the 54th annual Inter<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">&#8211;<\/span>service Rifle <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Team <\/span>Championship on June 30<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">th<\/span>. <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Shooting is a sanity check for me,&#8221; Ranton told the Marine Corps Times. &#8220;Nobody wants to get beat by the band guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The precision shooting competition brought together members from all military branches <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">here <\/span>to test advanced marksmanship skills. The event was hosted by the Weapons Training Battalion, home to the Marine Corps Shooting Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four other 10-member teams also competed, including the Army Marksmanship Unit, an Army Reserve team, a Marine Corps post and base team, and an All-Guard team with members drawn from the Army and Air National Guards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" assetid=\"29626907\" assettype=\"oEmbed\" src=\"\/Portals\/_default\/Skins\/PrestoLegacy\/CommonCss\/images\/smartembed.png\" title=\"Army team takes inter service rifle team championship [ID=29626907]\" width=\"50px\"\/><br\/><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the Marines lost to the Army Marksmanship Unit, the event showcased the precision marksmanship of the Corps and validated the mantra &#8220;every Marine a rifleman.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The elite members of the MCST come from all areas of the Marine Corps. Unlike soldiers in the Army Marksmanship Unit, who can spend their entire careers in the unit, MCST members have a limited time to hone their skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A small permanent-party cadre remains aboard for a maximum of three years, but <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">and <\/span>the majority of MCST shooters are sent on Temporary Additional Duty from home units for instruction and competition from April to August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In a short period of time, these Marines learn something that normally takes years to learn,&#8221; <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">said <\/span>Master Sgt. Jorge E. Carrillo, the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the Marine Corps Shooting Team, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines are carefully selected and groomed for the MCST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635714432058210176-mar-2015-rifle-competition-15jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635714432058210176-mar-2015-rifle-competition-15jpg.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635714432058210176-mar-2015-rifle-competition-15jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635714432058210176-mar-2015-rifle-competition-15jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635714432058210176-mar-2015-rifle-competition-15jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635714432058210176-mar-2015-rifle-competition-15jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635714432058210176-mar-2015-rifle-competition-15jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Marine competes at the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. [The Marine Corps\u0089\u00db\u00aa Weapons Training Battalion hosted the event from June 24 to July 1. (Daniel Woolfolk\/Staff)\r<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>A Marine competes at the 54th Interservice Rifle Championship. The Marine Corps&#8217; shooting teams are working to recruit additional members.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Daniel Woolfolk\/Staff<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each installation has a Post and Station shooting team, whose members first compete annually at one of four divisional competitions at Okinawa, Hawaii, Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton; the winners then compete at a <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Marine <\/span>Corps-wide championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the medalists at these competitions, only 10 <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">ten <\/span>percent are selected by the MCST cadre to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not just good shooters we&#8217;re looking for,&#8221; MCST instructor Staff Sgt. 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