RMTC soldiers refine instructing skills; prep for upcoming ORC
A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest demonstrates proper firing techniques on a M2 Browning .50 Machine Gun to Afghan National Army soldiers with the Helmand Regional Military Training Center during a live-fire range at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2017. Several advisors with the Task Force are bolstering the infantry knowledge and skills of more than 60 RMTC instructors in preparation for an upcoming operational readiness cycle, an eight-week course designed to enhance the warfighting capabilities and lethality of an infantry kandak, or battalion-sized element of Afghan soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lucas Hopkins)