TECOM

Command Brief

(Briefer)
(Organization)

POC: TBD
Phone:

Updated sep 8, 2021 DISTRIBUTION A. APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE: DISTRIBUTION UNIMITED

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 Training and Education: Situation

 USMC: a junior force with high annual turnover

 30k+ ELT throughput, 26k through higher-level schools

 Majority of MOS production is through other service schools

 90k PCS/PCA annually; most require refresher / sustainment T&E

 NDS, Naval Strategy, CPG: require accelerated institutional change

 Must make major reform to T&E to improve readiness for current and future fight

 Must commit to T&E for a wider range of force options required for advantage

 Must assess FMF training trends and implement near-term changes to support the
warfighters at the individual, unit, collective, and service-levels

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 Training and Education: Problem Framing

 Lacked a senior 3-Star advocate specifically for training

 Training and Education have been bill-payers for other priorities
 Training and Education requirements increased, while instructor levels dropped 30%
 Slow / rigid doctrine and T&R manual updating impedes rapid adaptation
 Antiquated, underinvested range / training areas and infrastructure
 Insufficient force-on-force training to induce failure as a means to remediate, learn, and adapt
 Simulation training capabilities were underdeveloped and marginally resourced
 Insufficient manning and time-to-train are key detractors to combat readiness
 Instructor duty is undervalued and no enterprise effort to teach Marines how to train
 TECOM inadequately focused on elevating FMF readiness
NextGen
T&E
Report
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 TECOM Transition to 3-Star Command

 CPG and Force Design directed TECOM to a three-star command

 T&E increased importance in future fight and across DoD force development
 Provides TECOM equal status within CMC’s Title 10 pillar responsibilities
 Facilitates implementation of the CPG and NDS i.e. naval force-in-readiness
 Enables a 21st Century Learning outcomes-based information age model
 Direct ties to MEFs, MARFORs, Deputy Commandants, and HQMC boards

Brief Outline
 Command Overview
o Laydown and T&E Continuum
o ELT, Continuous Learning and PME
o Unit and Service-Level Training
 Where We Are
o CPG T&E Tasks and T&E Priorities
 Where We Are Going
o 21CL, Critical Capabilities, LVC-TE and FoF Systems
o Summary
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 TECOM Command Relationships

CMC
Supported Organizations Coordinating Authorities
Reporting
DC, PP&O (Plans, Policy Ops)
MARFORCOM TECOM
DC, I&L (Installations/Logistics)

MARFORPAC DC, M&RA (Manpower)

DCA (Aviation)
MARFORRES
DC, P&R (Resources)

I MEF DC, CD&I (Requirements)

DCI (Information)
II MEF
MCIC (Installations)

MCIA (Intelligence)
III MEF
MCLC (Logistics)

MCSC (Acquisition)
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 Training and Education Command

LtGen Kevin Iiams Executive Deputy: SES

TECOM Anthony Greco, Jr.
Training and Commanding General,
Training and Education Chief of Staff: Col Matthew Reid
Education Command
Command SgtMaj: SgtMaj Peter Siaw

MCRD PI
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Mission: TECOM leads the Marine Corps Training and Education
Parris Island
continuum from individual entry-level training, professional military
MCRD SD education and continuous professional development, through unit,
Marine Corps Recruit Depot collective, and service-level training in order to produce
San Diego warfighters and enhance warfighting organizations that enable the
FMF to build and sustain the combat readiness required to fight
TRNGCMD and win today and in the future.
Training Command
Training and Education for the Force-in-Readiness
EDCOM / MCU MAGTF Training
Education Command / Expeditionary
Marine Corps University
Small Unit & Staff Training
Mindset & Force
MOS/Skill Progression & PME in Readiness
MAGTFTC Individual Combat Skills
Marine Air Ground Task Force
Training Command
Warrior Ethos

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 TECOM Laydown
• 14,000 Personnel: 7,000 Uniform and 7,000 Civilian
• 140K (+) Annual Training and Education Throughput
• 90 Formal Learning Centers with 35 Sister Service Installations
• 3-Star Commanding General with 5 General Officer Major Subordinate Commands
Rep NAS Whidbey Island
• 25 Colonel Level Commands and Schools

▼ : Signifies Location of Students, and / or Representatives, and / or Detachments

▼ Rep Portsmouth
Text Codes: TECOM HQ MCRDs TRNGCMD EDCOM / MCU MAGTFTC
MCB Quantico VA SERE-East NS
TECOM
▼ Det Newport
TRNGCMD EDCOM / MCU Naval Justice School
MCWAR CDET / SNCOA Naval War College
OCS TBS WTBN
T3S HQ SAW Lejeune Ldrshp
▼ Carlisle, PA Army War College
Martial Arts Ctr CSC MCUP
MCAGCC 29 Palms CA EWS History Div Royal Marines►
MWTC Bridgeport MSTPD CEME NMMC
MAGTFTC ▼ Det Fort Meade Exchange Program
Det Monterey ▼
Rep UVA, (JAG) ▼ ▼ Fort McNair, NDU
NPS ▼ MCTOG TTECG MCLOG ESD
Fort Leavenworth ▼ Det Fort Lee ▼ ▼ Det Fort Belvoir
Army Command & Det Dam Neck ▼ ▼ MATSG-33
Rep NAS Lemoore ▼ TSC MISTC MCCES SNCOA CDET General Staff Rep Little Creek ▼▼ Det Norfolk, NWDC
▼ Det Fort Leonard Wood ▼
Det Nellis AFB ▼ Virginia Beach, EWTGLANT

Camp Pendleton CA MCAS Miramar CA Rep Fort Bragg ▼ Camp Lejeune NC

CDET
SOI West TSC ▼ Det Fort Sill SOI East T3S East
▼ Det Kirtland AFB MATSG-33
AAS MISTC ▼ Rep MMPC Coolidge, AZ Rep Fort Jackson ▼ TSC SNCOA
MCCSSS
▼ Coronado, ▼ Rep MWDC / MFF School Det Fort Gordon ▼
FMTB-W SNCOA EWTGPAC FMTB-E MISTC CDET
▼ Rep SERE ▼ Det USA MFF Yuma PG ▼ Det Holloman AFB Rep Fort Benning ▼
▼ Rep Sheppard AFB MCES
T3S West CDET N. Island MATSS-1 ▼
▼ Det Fort Huachuca ▼ Maxwell AFB
▼ CDET Dallas/Ft Worth Air University
▼ Det Goodfellow AFB ▼ Townsend
MATSG-22 & 23 ▼ ▼ Det Elgin AFB Bombing Range MCRD Parris Island SC
MCRD San Diego CA MCAS Yuma AZ Det Corry Station ▼ ▼ Det Panama City
Det Kessler AFB ▼ CDET Pensacola
▼▼ RTR WFTBN
Rep Hurlburt Field AFB
RTR WFTBN MAWTS-1 CDET ▼ Rep Randolph AFB
▼ Det Lackland AFB

MATSG-21 ▼
 Rigorous and Relevant
Okinawa MCB Hawaii
Training  Standards-Based
TSC SOI Det  Warrior Ethos
TSC and  Learning Culture
MISTC  Leverages Technology

SNCOA
MISTC
Education  Inside Naval Force
SNCOA
“Enables FMF to Build and
CDET CDET Continuum Sustain Combat Readiness”

Jan 21, 2021v

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 Training and Education Continuum

SERVICE-LEVEL TRAINING AND EDUCATION:  Produce Warfighters

TECOM & OTHER DIRECTED TRAINING  Standards-Based Training
 Enhance Warfighting Org
 Naval Infantry Inside Force
IOT enable FMF to
build and sustain the
PME combat readiness
required to fight and win
today and in the future.

Based on Strategy,
Guidance, Threat, OPFOR,
and MET Informed T&R

Enabling Combat Readiness Through Individual,

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 Entry Level Training
Key Points
 Recruit Training Philosophy  Leadership Training  Billet Specific (MOS)
o Physically Mentally Tough  Every Marine Rifleman  Combined Arms (Naval)
 Standardized Process  Maneuver Warfare  Expeditionary
 Gender Integration  Naval Inside Force  Warm FMF Hand-Off
Focus on Readiness

Operating Forces / Deployment

Various Officer Candidate Basic Officers Air / Ground / Logistics
Officer

Programs School (OCS) Course (BOC) MOS Training

~48 months 10 weeks 27 weeks 10 weeks - 18 months

Quantico, Va. Quantico, Va. USMC & other service
schools in CONUS

Preparation Transformation Basic Infantry Skills Military Occupational Specialty

School of Infantry (SOI)

Enlisted

Delayed Entry Marine Combat Training

Air / Ground / Logistics
Program Recruit Training Infantry Training Battalion MOS Training

4-8 months 12 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks - 2 years

Parris Island, SC Camp Lejeune, NC USMC & other service
San Diego, CA Camp Pendleton, CA schools in CONUS

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 Continuous Professional Development
MAGTF Staff Training Marine Corps
Command Contribution to
Training Program University
Operational
 MEF / MEB EX  Advanced MOS  Continuous Capability
 C2TECOE  Unit and Service- Education Pgm
Level  Culture of Learning • MOS Billet Specific

CDET
CEP • Leadership

• Amphibious / Naval

• Combined Arms

• All-Domain

• Maneuver Warfare

• C2 Systems

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 Professional Military Education
Officer PME Continuum Enlisted College Continuum
Knowledge & Critical Thinking

Skills

Institutional Strengths Contribution to FMF

 Rigorous, Relevant, Accredited  Maneuver Warfare Mindset
 Vibrant, Experienced Faculty  Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
 Strong, Diverse Student Body
 Leadership & Ethics Education
 Shared, Collaborative Approach
 Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Operations
 Technology as Facilitator
 Combined Arms Maneuver Warfare
 World Class Speakers
 Continuous Learning  Naval Operations Professionals

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Collective and Service-Level Training

Advanced Individual and Collective Training

Marine Corps Marine Corps OTI, ITI, ELI, WTI

Tactics and Logistics
(MTX) Mountain
Operations Group Operations Group
(MCTOG) (MCLOG) (ITX) Integrated
Marine Corps Marine Aviation (AFX) Adversary
Unit Returns
Mountain Warfare Weapons Tactics (MWX) Force-on- to Home
Training Center Squadron-1 Force / Warfighting Station for
(MCMWTC) (MAWTS-1)
Certification,
Tactical Training Expeditionary Deployment
and Exercise Warfare Training
Control Group Group Atlantic and
Assessment Employment
(TTECG) (EWTGLANT)
Provided to MEF
Expeditionary MAGTF Staff
Warfare Training Training Program Commander
Group Pacific (MSTP)
(EWTGPAC)

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 ITX Operational Environment

 Global Competitor, Hybrid Threats

 Mid to High-Intensity Combat

 Operational Scenarios

 Combined Arms Maneuver Warfare

 Force–On–Force

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 CPG T&E Tasks
“Characteristics and capabilities within the force that must change.”
Education
 Industrial age to information age model (21st Century)
 Active, student-centered learning
 PME more rigorous and accountable
 Expand naval, joint, and expeditionary knowledge base
 Naval orientation; Integration in Joint Force Maritime
Component Command (JFMCC)
 Stronger linkage between performance in PME and talent
management (promotion, assignments)

Training
 Standards necessary to operate in a contested information environment
 Operate in distributed naval and expeditionary formations in contested maritime spaces
 Seize and defend key naval terrain and persist inside an advanced adversary’s WEZ

T&E Wargaming
 MCU Wargaming Center, centerpiece of our efforts to generate analytical rigor
 Use of wargaming at all levels of training and education with realistic combat decision-making

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 TECOM Priorities
(Sep 2, 2021)
 COPS  ENDURING PRIORITIES
o TECOM Dashboard Development
o Force Design Implementation
o TECOM Assessments
o MCO 1553 Re-write o 21st Century Learning Implementation
o COVID Impacts and Mitigations
o Enhance FMF Readiness
o Enhanced Infantry Training
o AAV – Return to Ops o Range and Training Program Modernization
o MOS Production o Gender Integrated Recruit Training
o 21st Century Learning Implementation Plan
o MCRD PI COOP o Resource management
o MAT Mitigation o Facilities Sustainment and Modernization
o MCRD ROM Augmentation
o Enterprise IT and Network Modernization
o Facilities Sustainment and Modernization
o FY21 Budget Execution
o Protected Transportation Funding  PLANS

 FOPS o POM 23 Planning / Programming Review

o Monitor FY22 Budget / plan for adjustments o POM 24 Problem Framing
o LVC-TE
o Talent Management
o Naval / Joint Integration
o NextGen Training and Education Study: Phase III

Focus on FMF Individual, Unit, Collective, and Service-Level Trends

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 21st Century Learning

 CMC Directed

 Outcomes-Based Model

 Adaptive to the needs of Marine / Unit

 Adaptive to demands of the future operating environment

 Service’s method to educate and train a naval expeditionary

force in readiness in order to operate inside actively
contested maritime spaces in support of fleet operations

21st Century Learning (21CL)

“21CL is a continuum of dynamic, cognitive training and education experiences centered on the
learner to continuously hone an intellectual edge, that will enable our Marines to rapidly adapt,
and achieve a decisive maneuver advantage in any domain through intelligent initiative.”
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 21st Century Learning: Critical Capabilities
What 21st Century Learning Critical Capabilities Provide and Key Programs:
Learner-Centric Experience: Traceable, outcomes-based learning environment adaptable to the learner.

World-Class Learning Leaders: Professionalizes all who contribute to individual and unit learning via latest
innovations, best practices and technologies.

Total Learning Architecture: Enables IT interoperability, 24/7 access, and rapid assessments and tracking.

Rigorous Assessments and Evaluation: Embedded real-time analytics accelerating trend reversal.

Marine Corps Training Environment: Ability to plan, prepare, execute, and assess MET driven advanced tech
and learning methodologies, federation of all LVC aspects expanding scope, fidelity and realism across T&E.
FY20-21 FY22-26
Naval Community College – IOC VR Recruit Training
LXP Instructor Delivery Modernization
Academic FitReps
Instructor EMOSs
WLL Basic, Advanced MEF Level Training
Train the Trainer Transformation

TLA IT Infrastructure Full IT Enhancements Implemented

RAE Lessons Exploitation Process Implement MCTIMS 2.0

Naval Experimentation at SLTE Force on Force Training Systems

MCTE
TRNG Support Ctr Standardization All Domain Ranges

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 Live Virtual Constructive Training Environment

Marine Corps Training Environment

Service Benefits:
 Cost savings/cost avoidance Live

 Less wear and tear on equipment and wpns

Virtual
 Expands number of T&R tasks that can be
partially trained or trained-to-standard
Constructive
MAGTF Benefits:
Simulation Portfolios
 Expands distributed collective training
Ground
 Exercise design & control tools Ground
Vehicle
 Builds Habitual Relationships
Procedural
Warfighter Benefits Trainer
• Links air to ground simulators Instructional
Design
• Virtual convoy with air escorts Infantry Immersion Trainers
• More realistic exercises
• Overcomes training area constraints Lejeune Pendleton Hawaii
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 FoFTS
Increment I (Inside Dotted Line):
This effort includes the instrumentation
of Marines, Combat Vehicles and the
mobile Network
Increment II (Outside Dotted Line):
Requirements generation pending.
Intended to include naval integration,
air to ground, ground to air, air to air
capability

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 Summary
 The TECOM Training and Education Continuum:
o Transforms young men and women into agile, decisive, critical thinking,
and resilient Marines
o Provides continuous skill progression and PME to form units capable of
winning in uncertain operating environments
o Leverages technology and 21CL capabilities to integrate Naval, Joint,
and Interagency concepts for full-spectrum operations
o Elevates skills through realistic Force-on-Force and LVC-TE
o Enables FMF Combat Readiness

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Questions

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 MSC Organization
Overview Slides Provided
for Discretionary Use

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 MCRD Parris Island
Chief of Staff: Col
BGen Julie Nethercot Christopher Williams
MCRD PI / ERR Commanding General, Marine
Marine Corps Recruit Corps Recruit Depot Parris Sergeant Major:
Depot Parris Island Island, Eastern Recruiting Region SgtMaj William
Carter
RTR
Recruit Training Regiment Mission: We make Marines by recruiting quality young men and
women and transforming them through the foundations of rigorous
WFTB basic training, our shared legacy, and a commitment to our core values,
Weapons and Field Training preparing them to win our nation’s battles in service to the country.

Recruiting Districts
1st 4th and 6th (MCRC)

H&S BN
Installation Mgt (MCICOM)

 Recruits are housed and trained in single gender squad bays

 Maximizing opportunities for company model with platoons of both genders
 Mixed-gender leadership in Recruit Training Battalions
 COOP and infrastructure concerns: prone to hurricane evacuations
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 MCRD San Diego

BGen Jason Morris Chief of Staff:

MCRD SD / WRR Commanding General, Marine Col Edward Sullivan
Marine Corps Recruit Corps Recruit Depot San Diego,
Depot San Diego Western Recruiting Region Sergeant Major:
SgtMaj Abel Leal

RTR
Recruit Training Regiment Mission: We make Marines by recruiting quality young men and
women and transforming them through the foundations of rigorous
WFTB basic training, our shared legacy, and a commitment to our core values,
Weapons and Field Training preparing them to win our nation’s battles in service to the country.

Recruiting Districts
8th 9th 12th (MCRC)

H&S BN
Installation Mgt (MCICOM)

 Groundbreaking took place on March 2, 1919

 388 acres, of which 367 acres have been reclaimed tidal area
 25 buildings listed on the national register of historic places

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 Training Command
Executive Deputy: Mr. Jeffrey
TRNGCOM BGen Julian Alford Conner

Training Command Commanding General, Chief of Staff: Col Roger Smith

Training Command
Sergeant Major: SgtMaj
Anthony Easton

Northeast Mission: Training Command consistently produces officer and enlisted

TBS, OCS, WTBN, MCIS entry-level Military Occupational Specialty, career progression, and
career enhancement skills trained Marines and Sailors to meet force
South Atlantic generation and Fleet Marine Forces requirements, while reinforcing
SOI East, MCCSSS, our warfighting ethos and facilitating the growth and resiliency of our
MCES, FMTS East permanent personnel, students, and families.

South East  17 Colonel-level Commands that are Regionally Aligned

MATSG-21, MATSG-23 o 87 Formal Learning Centers
 5 CONUS Marine Corps Installations
West  1 OCONUS Marine Corps Installations
SOI-West, MCCES, FMTS-  34 Sister Service Installations
West, AAS  1 Civilian Facility
 ~7,000 Permanent Personnel
South West  100,000 (+) Annual Student Throughput
Ft Sill, Ft Leonard Wood,  15,000 (+) Average Daily Student Load
MATSG-22

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 Education Command /
Marine Corps University
EDCOM / MCU BGen Walker Field Chief of Staff: Col Paul
Education Command / Commanding General, Melchior
Marine Corps University Education Command /
President, Sergeant Major: SgtMaj
Marine Corps University Michael Hensley

MCWAR
Academic Mission: EDCOM / MCU develops and delivers
SAW VP
Affairs Professional Military Education and training through
resident and distance learning programs, while also
CSC
VP
Business preserving and presenting the history of the Marine
Corps, in order to prepare leaders to meet current
EWS Affairs and future security challenges and inform the public
of the service’s role in national defense.
CEME VP
Operations
and Plans World Class Programs, Speakers, Faculty and Facilities
LLI
Distance
CIV CDET VP
Learning
CIV History
Marine Corps
CIV Museum + University
Foundation

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 Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command /
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

MAGTFTC / MCAGCC Chief of Staff:

Marine Air Ground Training Command MajGen Austin Renforth Col David Suggs
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Commanding General,
MAGTFTC / MCAGCC Sergeant Major:
SgtMaj Jason Gillespie
MCLOG
Dual Mission:
MCTOG Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC): Manage
the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Program (MAGTFTP) and
MWTC conduct service level Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) combined
arms training to enhance the combat readiness of the operating forces and
MAWTS-1 support the Marine Corps’ responsibilities to national security.

TTECG Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC):

Provide a standard of excellence in managing facilities, services and support
HQBN to the operating forces, and families in order to ensure readiness of the
tenant and resident commands aboard the Combat Center.
EWTG Lant
Focus Areas:
EWTG Pac  Responsible for advanced individual and MAGTF collective training
 Provide training for the Command Element (CE), Ground Combat Element (GCE)
MSTP  Logistics Combat Element (LCE), and Aviation Combat Element (ACE)
Reporting  ICW CSG 4/15, provide advanced individual and collective training via EWTG (L/P)
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