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Marine Corps fields first new service pistol in 35 years - A Marine instructor shoots the M18 Modular Handgun System at a firing range during Instructor and Key Personnel Training June 25 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Marine Corps Systems Command began fielding the M18 in September. The striker-fired, semi-automatic 9-mm weapon will be the Marine Corps’ new service pistol. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by David Jordan)

Corps seeks lighter, more capable rifle optic for combat arms Marines - Marine Corps Systems Command is looking for information to inform a requirement for a new Squad Common Optic for combat arms Marines. The SCO is a rifle scope that will replace the current Rifle Combat Optic and Squad Day Optic for the M4, M4A1 and M27. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish)

Enhancements underway for Corps’ handheld targeting system - A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, uses a Common Laser Range Finder-Integrated Capability system to locate notional targets during a close-air-support training event with the British Royal Air Force at Holbeach Range, England, Feb. 20, 2019. Fielded in 2017, the Corps plans to integrate new features into the CLRF-IC to enhance its effectiveness on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Katelyn Hunter)