Marines with Company B, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct a live-fire shoot at night during close-quarter tactics course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 15, 2016. The CQT course prepares Marines with the necessary marksmanship skills for real-life operations. The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions are the Special Operations Capable reconnaissance assets of Marine Air-Ground Task Force that provide division-level ground and amphibious reconnaissance to the Ground Combat Element within the Marine Corps.