How long is infantry school

The changes at Marine Corps SOI may go beyond just the length of the course and what is taught, with the Corps considering consolidating all infantry military occupational specialties, or MOSes, creating a do-it-all infantry Marine. Currently the Marine Corps trains riflemen, machine gunners, mortarmen, infantry assault Marines and antitank missile gunners at SOI. The extended training time could be used for more time crosstraining Marines on different specialties, making more flexible infantry battalions in the future.

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Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War. Your Army. By Todd South. Oct 15, Twenty-two week One Station Unit Training will be made permanent as the second year in the pilot program showed big improvements.

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