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The official USMC Close Quarter Combat handbook. Current, 2017 edition: REPLACES the obsolete "Close Combat" manuals. All-new photograph illustrations - not the old version with line drawings. Operational edition with low-profile, non-reflective cover for use by active service personnel and civilian contractors in the field. Full-size format - biggest edition on Amazon: 8.5" x 11" - clear, detailed print, no more tiny text! Complete & unabridged: 270+ pages Created and trusted by the US Marine Corps - the tip of the spear in power projection around the world. "Batteries last hours, books last decades. Get the print edition!" OVERVIEW The focus of Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) is the personal development of each Marine in a team framework using a standardized, trainable, and sustainable close combat fighting system. As a weapon-based system, all techniques are integrated with equipment, physical challenges, and tactics found on the modern battlefield. The MCMAP is designed to increase the warfighting capabilities of individual Marines and units, enhance Marines' self-confidence and esprit de corps, and foster the warrior ethos in all Marines. The MCMAP is a weapon-based system rooted in the credo that every Marine is a rifleman and will engage the aggressor from 500 meters to close quarter combat. The MCMAP: Enhances the Marine Corps' capabilities as an elite fighting force. Provides basic combative skills for all Marines. Applies across the spectrum of violence. Strengthens the Marine Corps warrior ethos. The motto of MCMAP best states the essence of the program: "One mind, any weapon." This means that every Marine is always armed even without a weapon. He is armed with a combat mindset, the ability to assess and to act, and the kno