Wikipedia / United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command
Wikipedia / United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command
The Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) is the primary training command of the United States Marine Corps.
TECOM leads the Marine Corps training and education continuum from individual entry-level training, professional military education and continuous professional development, through unit, collective, and service-level training in order to produce warfighters and enhance warfighting organizations that enable the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) to build and sustain the combat readiness required to fight and succeed, today and in the future.
Organization
There are three major commands that fall under TECOM:
Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Training Command (MAGTF-TC)
Training Command
Education Command
MAGTF-TC
Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Training Command (MAGTF-TC) conducts advanced individual and collective combined arms and maneuver training, manages the Commandant’s Service Level Training Program (SLTP) in order to enhance the combat readiness of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), and supports the Corp's responsibility to U.S. national security.
Training Command
The Training Command is responsible for the production of officer and enlisted entry-level Military Occupational Specialty, career progression, and career enhancement skills, with control over all formal training schools throughout the Marine Corps, including Officer Candidate School, The Basic School, Schools of Infantry and various other formal schools.
Some of the major units within Training Command are:
United States Marine Corps Schools of Infantry
Infantry Training Battalion (ITB)
Marine Combat Training Battalion (MCT)
Advanced Infantry Training Battalion (AITB)
Marine Corps Artillery School, Fort Sill
Marine Corps Communications School (formerly known as the Command-and-Control Systems School or CCSS)
Marine Corps Intelligence Schools
Regional Intelligence Training Center-29 Palms
Regional Intelligence Training Center-East
Regional Intelligence Training Center-West
Marine Aviation Training Support Detachment Oceana, VA
Marine Detachment Dam Neck, VA
Marine Detachment Newport, RI
Security Cooperation Training Detachment,Fort Story, VI
Marine Detachment Naval School of Music
Marine Corps Engineering School
Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools
Financial Management School
Ground Supply School
Logistics Operations School
Personnel Administration School
Marine Corps Water Survival School
Interservice Postal Training Activity School
Field Medical Training Battalion - East
Field Medical Training Battalion - West
Weapons Training Battalion
Assault Amphibian School
Education Command
The Education Command governs the training plans and policies that are instituted Corps-wide; This is the responsibility of the Policy & Standards Division (PSD) within HQ TECOM. This includes the Marine Corps Institute (MCI) courses and the Command and Staff College.
Some of the major units within Education Command are:
Expeditionary Warfare School
School of MAGTF Logistics
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Marine Corps JROTC - MCJROTC is a special staff section under TECOM Headquarters – not part of EDCOM
Other elements
TECOM supervises several semi-autonomous commands and units that provide training and education to units in the Marine Corps:
MAGTF Training Command (MAGTF-TC) aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat CenterMarine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, California
Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) — conducts training for aviation units, most notably the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.
Mountain Warfare Training Center — trains air and ground units for warfare in mountainous, high-altitude, and cold weather environments.
The Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group (TTECG) — conducts several combined arms exercises a year called comprehensive, MAGTF-level Integrated Training Exercises (ITX)—formerly referred to as [Enhanced] Mojave Viper (EMV)—in support of Marine Corps units aboard MAGTFTC Twentynine Palms, California.
Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) — conducts training for battle staff teams of battalions and regiments, most notably the Operations and Tactics Instructor (OTI) course, where students learn skills in operational management of battle staffs.
Marine Recruit Depot San Diego (MCRD-SD) aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San DiegoMarine Recruit Depot San Diego, California
Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island (MCRD-PI) aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris IslandMarine Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina
List of commanders
MajGen Charles F. B. Price, May 1944
LtGen Holland Smith, October 1945
LtGen Harry Schmidt, March 1946
LtGen Walter E. Gaskin, March, 2000
MajGen James W. Lukeman, ~2014
MajGen Kevin M. Iiams, May 2017
MajGen William F. Mullen III, 29 June 2018
LtGen Lewis A. Craparotta, 3 August 2020
LtGen Kevin M. Iiams, 2 August 2021
LtGen Benjamin T. Watson, 9 August 2024
See also
U.S. Armed Forces training and education commands
References
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