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04-19-07, 04:22 PM
Corps alters Corporals Course curriculum
By John Hoellwarth - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Apr 19, 2007 10:38:31 EDT
Commanders now have the option of cutting the drill and ceremony bit out of the Corporals Course in favor of teaching junior noncommissioned officers seven war-fighting classes instead, according to a Corps-wide message released Tuesday.
Until now, the Corporals Course curriculum has included 38 to 40 hours of drill, time commanders think could be better spent learning battlefield skills, said Staff Sgt. Taylor Cobb, Corporals Course curriculum coordinator for Training and Education Command at Quantico, Va.
The course “has not been revised in nearly 10 years and is severely lacking the professional development tools for today’s war fighters,” according to MarAdmin 255/07.
The message gives commanders three options for administering the Corporals Course at the unit level: They can teach it as is; swap out the drill and ceremony block with the war-fighting classes; or tack another three training days onto the course and teach both drill and kill.
The new curriculum includes classes on roadside bomb familiarization, convoy operations, offensive and defensive tactics, weapons employment and rear area security.
Cobb said the classes, available for download on Training and Education Command’s intranet Web site, were largely taken straight out of the Marine Corps Warfighting Manual.
MARADMIN 255/07
Posted : Thursday Apr 19, 2007 10:19:33 EDT
Date signed: 04/17/2007
Subject: DISTRIBUTION OF THE COURSEWARE MATERIAL FOR THE COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE
UNCLAS 161244Z APR 07
CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN 255/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/EDCOM PRES MCU//
SUBJ/DISTRIBUTION OF THE COURSEWARE MATERIAL FOR THE COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE (CSCC)//
REF/A/MCO 1553.4A/PME/-//
NARR/REF (A) IS MCO 1553.4A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME).
POC/T. T. COBB/SSGT/CORPORALS COURSE COORDINATOR ENLISTED
PME DIVISION, MCU/-/TEL SN 278-4018/ COMM 202-685-7565//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1. PER REF (A), THE COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE COURSEWARE MATERIAL IS DEVELOPED, MAINTAINED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY. THE CONTENT FOR THIS COURSE HAS NOT BEEN REVISED IN NEARLY TEN YEARS AND IS SEVERELY LACKING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR TODAY'S WARFIGHTERS. THIS
MESSAGE DISSEMINATES AN INTERIM CHANGE TO THE COURSEWARE FOR THE CSCC UNTIL THE NEW TWO-PHASED COURSE IS FULLY DEVELOPED AND DISTRIBUTED.
2. A NEW WARFIGHTING MODULE FOR THE CSCC IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMANDS THAT ARE CONDUCTING, OR PLANNING TO CONDUCT, A CORPORALS COURSE. THE NEW MODULE ENTITLED _WARFIGHTING_ CONTAINS LESSONS ON IED FAMILIARIZATION, CONVOY OPERATIONS, INTRODUCTION TO WARFIGHTING, OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS, WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT AND REAR AREA SECURITY. THE CONTENT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT COMMANDS WHO DESIRE TO ENHANCE THEIR MARINES_ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE UNIT_S MISSION AND THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
3. WHEN CONDUCTING A COURSE, COMMANDERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: A. CONDUCT THE CORPORALS COURSE _AS IS._ THIS OPTION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WARFIGHTING MODULE AND REQUIRES THE DRILL AND CEREMONIES MODULE TO BE CONDUCTED AND EVALUATED.
B. CONDUCT THE CORPORALS COURSE, REPLACING THE DRILL AND CEREMONIES MODULE WITH THE WARFIGHTING MODULE.
COMMANDERS WHO EXERCISE THIS OPTION ARE AUTHORIZED TO OMIT THE DRILL AND CEREMONIES PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND EVALUATION IN LIEU OF THE WARFIGHTING MODULE.
C. CONDUCT A CORPORALS COURSE THAT INCLUDES THE DRILL AND CEREMONIES AND WARFIGHTING MODULES.
EXERCISING THIS OPTION WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL THREE TRAINING DAYS TO THE BASELINE COURSE REQUIREMENTS.
4. COMMANDERS WHO EXERCISE OPTIONS B OR C WILL ENSURE THEIR COURSE REPRESENTATIVES UTILIZE THE TEST ITEMS INCLUDED WITH THE COURSEWARE MATERIAL. TEST ITEMS FOR THE WARFIGHTING MODULE ARE LIMITED TO KNOWLEDGE-BASED QUESTIONS THAT ARE EVALUATED BY COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS. COMMANDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO INCLUDE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES (TTP) INCLUDED WITH THE MATERIALS, AND ENSURE THEIR MARINES ARE PROPERLY INSTRUCTED, SUPERVISED AND MENTORED THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES.
5. MARINES WHO SATISFY THE BASELINE COURSE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE SATISFIED COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION. BASELINE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE THOSE TEST ITEMS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS ESTABLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.
6. STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE BASELINE REQUIREMENTS MUST HAVE THE COURSE COMPLETION CODE ENTERED IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS). COURSE COMPLETION CODES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE DESCRIPTIVE DATA (CDD) FOUND WITH ALL OTHER COURSEWARE MATERIAL AVAILABLE FROM THE INTERNET ON THE FOLLOWING SITE: WWW.INTRANET.TECOM.USMC.MIL (SLASH) SITES (SLASH) EPME(SLASH) CORPORALSDEFAULT.ASPX>.
NOTE: THE WEBSITE IS COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC) ENABLED AND ESTABLISHED AS FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO).
7. COMMANDERS ARE REMINDED THAT AN AFTER ACTION REPORT (AAR) IS REQUIRED FOR EACH COURSE ITERATION CONDUCTED BY THE UNIT. AAR FORMAT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOVE WEBSITE AND CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS: EPME@USMC.MIL 8. AS NOTED IN PARAGRAPH 1, THIS IS AN INTERIM CHANGE TO THE CSCC AS A MEANS TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. AN ENTIRELY NEW CORPORALS COURSE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND SET FOR DISTRIBUTION DURING EARLY 2008. THE NEW COURSE AND REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. //
Training and Education Command
www.tecom.usmc.mil/
Marine Corps Warfighting Manual.
www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/mcdp1.pdf
Ellie
By John Hoellwarth - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Apr 19, 2007 10:38:31 EDT
Commanders now have the option of cutting the drill and ceremony bit out of the Corporals Course in favor of teaching junior noncommissioned officers seven war-fighting classes instead, according to a Corps-wide message released Tuesday.
Until now, the Corporals Course curriculum has included 38 to 40 hours of drill, time commanders think could be better spent learning battlefield skills, said Staff Sgt. Taylor Cobb, Corporals Course curriculum coordinator for Training and Education Command at Quantico, Va.
The course “has not been revised in nearly 10 years and is severely lacking the professional development tools for today’s war fighters,” according to MarAdmin 255/07.
The message gives commanders three options for administering the Corporals Course at the unit level: They can teach it as is; swap out the drill and ceremony block with the war-fighting classes; or tack another three training days onto the course and teach both drill and kill.
The new curriculum includes classes on roadside bomb familiarization, convoy operations, offensive and defensive tactics, weapons employment and rear area security.
Cobb said the classes, available for download on Training and Education Command’s intranet Web site, were largely taken straight out of the Marine Corps Warfighting Manual.
MARADMIN 255/07
Posted : Thursday Apr 19, 2007 10:19:33 EDT
Date signed: 04/17/2007
Subject: DISTRIBUTION OF THE COURSEWARE MATERIAL FOR THE COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE
UNCLAS 161244Z APR 07
CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN 255/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/EDCOM PRES MCU//
SUBJ/DISTRIBUTION OF THE COURSEWARE MATERIAL FOR THE COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE (CSCC)//
REF/A/MCO 1553.4A/PME/-//
NARR/REF (A) IS MCO 1553.4A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME).
POC/T. T. COBB/SSGT/CORPORALS COURSE COORDINATOR ENLISTED
PME DIVISION, MCU/-/TEL SN 278-4018/ COMM 202-685-7565//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1. PER REF (A), THE COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE COURSEWARE MATERIAL IS DEVELOPED, MAINTAINED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY. THE CONTENT FOR THIS COURSE HAS NOT BEEN REVISED IN NEARLY TEN YEARS AND IS SEVERELY LACKING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR TODAY'S WARFIGHTERS. THIS
MESSAGE DISSEMINATES AN INTERIM CHANGE TO THE COURSEWARE FOR THE CSCC UNTIL THE NEW TWO-PHASED COURSE IS FULLY DEVELOPED AND DISTRIBUTED.
2. A NEW WARFIGHTING MODULE FOR THE CSCC IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMANDS THAT ARE CONDUCTING, OR PLANNING TO CONDUCT, A CORPORALS COURSE. THE NEW MODULE ENTITLED _WARFIGHTING_ CONTAINS LESSONS ON IED FAMILIARIZATION, CONVOY OPERATIONS, INTRODUCTION TO WARFIGHTING, OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS, WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT AND REAR AREA SECURITY. THE CONTENT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT COMMANDS WHO DESIRE TO ENHANCE THEIR MARINES_ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE UNIT_S MISSION AND THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
3. WHEN CONDUCTING A COURSE, COMMANDERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: A. CONDUCT THE CORPORALS COURSE _AS IS._ THIS OPTION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WARFIGHTING MODULE AND REQUIRES THE DRILL AND CEREMONIES MODULE TO BE CONDUCTED AND EVALUATED.
B. CONDUCT THE CORPORALS COURSE, REPLACING THE DRILL AND CEREMONIES MODULE WITH THE WARFIGHTING MODULE.
COMMANDERS WHO EXERCISE THIS OPTION ARE AUTHORIZED TO OMIT THE DRILL AND CEREMONIES PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND EVALUATION IN LIEU OF THE WARFIGHTING MODULE.
C. CONDUCT A CORPORALS COURSE THAT INCLUDES THE DRILL AND CEREMONIES AND WARFIGHTING MODULES.
EXERCISING THIS OPTION WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL THREE TRAINING DAYS TO THE BASELINE COURSE REQUIREMENTS.
4. COMMANDERS WHO EXERCISE OPTIONS B OR C WILL ENSURE THEIR COURSE REPRESENTATIVES UTILIZE THE TEST ITEMS INCLUDED WITH THE COURSEWARE MATERIAL. TEST ITEMS FOR THE WARFIGHTING MODULE ARE LIMITED TO KNOWLEDGE-BASED QUESTIONS THAT ARE EVALUATED BY COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS. COMMANDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO INCLUDE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES (TTP) INCLUDED WITH THE MATERIALS, AND ENSURE THEIR MARINES ARE PROPERLY INSTRUCTED, SUPERVISED AND MENTORED THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES.
5. MARINES WHO SATISFY THE BASELINE COURSE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE SATISFIED COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION. BASELINE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE THOSE TEST ITEMS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS ESTABLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.
6. STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE BASELINE REQUIREMENTS MUST HAVE THE COURSE COMPLETION CODE ENTERED IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS). COURSE COMPLETION CODES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE DESCRIPTIVE DATA (CDD) FOUND WITH ALL OTHER COURSEWARE MATERIAL AVAILABLE FROM THE INTERNET ON THE FOLLOWING SITE: WWW.INTRANET.TECOM.USMC.MIL (SLASH) SITES (SLASH) EPME(SLASH) CORPORALSDEFAULT.ASPX>.
NOTE: THE WEBSITE IS COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC) ENABLED AND ESTABLISHED AS FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO).
7. COMMANDERS ARE REMINDED THAT AN AFTER ACTION REPORT (AAR) IS REQUIRED FOR EACH COURSE ITERATION CONDUCTED BY THE UNIT. AAR FORMAT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOVE WEBSITE AND CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS: EPME@USMC.MIL 8. AS NOTED IN PARAGRAPH 1, THIS IS AN INTERIM CHANGE TO THE CSCC AS A MEANS TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. AN ENTIRELY NEW CORPORALS COURSE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND SET FOR DISTRIBUTION DURING EARLY 2008. THE NEW COURSE AND REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. //
Training and Education Command
www.tecom.usmc.mil/
Marine Corps Warfighting Manual.
www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/mcdp1.pdf
Ellie