Show Chegup Learns Marine Combat Skills Marine Private Boyd c Cher Che gup son of Mrs Howard 1 Mt It Lion of W First N Ver Vel nal Utah completed two weeks of training under simulated combat conditions in the funda- funda fundamentals of day and night pat roling employment of infantry weapons survival methods and assault tactics at Camp Pen Pendleton Pendleton California This individual combat train train- training ing is given every Marine after his graduation from recruit training Taught by combat ex- ex experienced experienced non com non commissioned of of- officers of the infantry training regiment here it prepares the young Leatherneck to become part of the Marine ground air combat team While in the field he was taught how to use hand grenad grenad- grenades es a compass and the principles principles les of map reading and land navigation He learned how to detect and disarm mines and booby traps and while being exposed to live machine gun gunfire gunfire fire he learned to advance safely from one point to nn- nn another other From this course he is scheduled to go on to more advanced ed training before being assign assign- assigned assigned ed to his permanent unit |