The Interservice Rifle Competition has been sorting out the best rifle shots in the U.S. military for 65 years, and the 65th edition at Weapons Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Quantico, showed the standard is still climbing. TFB’s Photo Of The Day gives you some of the best images from the event.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Naomi Keopke, competing for the USMC Shooting Team, ran the Practical Competition Shooting League Action Carbine match on June 8, 2026, one of four distinct disciplines that make up the ISRC. The full competition packages include a High-Power 1,000 Aggregate match, a High-Power Long-Range match, a Quantified Performance Gas Gun match, and the PCSL Action Carbine event, each demanding a different skill set from the same pool of competitors.
The Action Carbine format emphasizes speed, target transitions, and positional shooting under time pressure, a very different test than the deliberate precision required at 1,000 yards.
The USMC Shooting Team has long been one of the most competitive units at the ISRC, drawing from across the Marine Corps to field athletes who train marksmanship as a dedicated discipline.
For the Corps, that investment in competitive shooting has always tied back to something practical: the same fundamentals that win trophies at Quantico are the ones that matter when the targets aren't made of cardboard.
Photo: Cpl. Braydon Rogers / U.S. Marine Corps.