thedrifter
01-06-07, 08:04 AM
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO (Jan. 5, 2007) -- A depot Marine was recognized for his intellectual capabilities and his drive to achieve excellence in his career in the Marine Corps.
Corporal Jeffrey Tang, depot Traffic Management Office clerk, was nominated as the Marine Corps Institute Fiscal Year 06 Graduate of the Year because of the amount of MCI courses he completed. These correspondence courses enhance professional military education as well as personal skills such as financial management and grammar courses. These courses help Marines earn points toward promotions as well.
During his two years and five months in the Marine Corps, Tang has completed 41 MCIs, 28 of them just this year.
Tang, originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, said he thought he could better himself by completing the courses and could distinguish himself from his peers.
The average Marine completes five to six MCIs a year, according to Sgt. Felix A. Ferrin, career retention specialist on the depot.
Marines who go above and beyond what is expected of them to learn more deserve to be recognized, such as Tang with his accomplishment in MCIs, said Master Sgt. William Barr, operations chief, Western Recruiting Region.
The lessons learned from the MCIs are important for professional development and they help make Marines well-rounded, said Barr, a native of Carlisle, Pa. By learning skills such as financial management and basic leadership, Marines can better themselves and eventually become great leaders.
Those who finish MCIs help themselves and those around them by taking what they learned from the lessons and applying them to their daily lives, said Tang.
Tang used the financial responsibility MCI to his advantage in his personal life. With the knowledge he obtained from the financial responsibility MCI, he purchased a two-story building with two apartments on the bottom level and a house on the top. He is in the process of renovating the apartments to rent out, while his mother lives in the house on the upper level.
MCIs are valuable and helpful for many reasons, said Ferrin. They can help further self-improvement, advance professional proficiency and supply knowledge of almost all military occupational specialties.
"I am a firm believer that knowledge is power and I think MCIs help Marines express themselves and to learn the tricks of the trade in their military occupational specialty," said Barr.
Providing the Marines with a way to learn more about their military occupational specialty, the instruction given by the MCIs also helps Marines to ask questions and seek guidance from their non-commissioned officers and staff NCOs.
According to Tang, there is no limit to the amount of knowledge a person can obtain and he believes that completing MCIs is one of the best ways to use his free time.
"I have become a more well-rounded and just overall better Marine than what I was before, because I absorb the knowledge in the MCIs and apply it to my daily life," said Tang.
Ellie
Corporal Jeffrey Tang, depot Traffic Management Office clerk, was nominated as the Marine Corps Institute Fiscal Year 06 Graduate of the Year because of the amount of MCI courses he completed. These correspondence courses enhance professional military education as well as personal skills such as financial management and grammar courses. These courses help Marines earn points toward promotions as well.
During his two years and five months in the Marine Corps, Tang has completed 41 MCIs, 28 of them just this year.
Tang, originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, said he thought he could better himself by completing the courses and could distinguish himself from his peers.
The average Marine completes five to six MCIs a year, according to Sgt. Felix A. Ferrin, career retention specialist on the depot.
Marines who go above and beyond what is expected of them to learn more deserve to be recognized, such as Tang with his accomplishment in MCIs, said Master Sgt. William Barr, operations chief, Western Recruiting Region.
The lessons learned from the MCIs are important for professional development and they help make Marines well-rounded, said Barr, a native of Carlisle, Pa. By learning skills such as financial management and basic leadership, Marines can better themselves and eventually become great leaders.
Those who finish MCIs help themselves and those around them by taking what they learned from the lessons and applying them to their daily lives, said Tang.
Tang used the financial responsibility MCI to his advantage in his personal life. With the knowledge he obtained from the financial responsibility MCI, he purchased a two-story building with two apartments on the bottom level and a house on the top. He is in the process of renovating the apartments to rent out, while his mother lives in the house on the upper level.
MCIs are valuable and helpful for many reasons, said Ferrin. They can help further self-improvement, advance professional proficiency and supply knowledge of almost all military occupational specialties.
"I am a firm believer that knowledge is power and I think MCIs help Marines express themselves and to learn the tricks of the trade in their military occupational specialty," said Barr.
Providing the Marines with a way to learn more about their military occupational specialty, the instruction given by the MCIs also helps Marines to ask questions and seek guidance from their non-commissioned officers and staff NCOs.
According to Tang, there is no limit to the amount of knowledge a person can obtain and he believes that completing MCIs is one of the best ways to use his free time.
"I have become a more well-rounded and just overall better Marine than what I was before, because I absorb the knowledge in the MCIs and apply it to my daily life," said Tang.
Ellie