Seabees build MCMAP pit for future doctors

As 1,200 aspiring corpsmen are trained at Field Medical Training Battalion West each year to save wounded Marines in combat, the students are now also taught the fundamentals of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). This addition to the curriculum has entitled the school to a MCMAP pit and the Seabees of Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 have come to the school’s aid.

The Seabees of ACB-1, Naval Construction Force, have recently finished a MCMAP pit near Field Medical Training Battalion West at Camp Del Mar, Camp Pendleton, to provide a training environment that will reduce injuries...