U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Jay, a religious program specialist with Marine Corps Installations West, fires an M4 carbine during the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022. The competition is designed to significantly enhance participants’ proficiency in the use of individual small arms by refining fundamental marksmanship skills, learning marksmanship techniques, and pushing through mental and physical boundaries in a competitive forum. - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Jay, a religious program specialist with Marine Corps Installations West, fires an M4 carbine during the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022. The competition is designed to significantly enhance participants’ proficiency in the use of individual small arms by refining fundamental marksmanship skills, learning marksmanship techniques, and pushing through mental and physical boundaries in a competitive forum.