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MARINE CORPS FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT SUPPORT ORIENTATION COURSE (MCSOC) 18-22 SEPTEMBER 2017 ANNOUNCEMENT
Date Signed: 7/19/2017 | MARADMINS Number: 377/17
MARADMINS : 377/17
R 181948Z JUL 17
MARADMIN 377/17
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT SUPPORT ORIENTATION COURSE (MCSOC) 18-22 SEPTEMBER 2017 ANNOUNCEMENT//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This message announces the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Combat Support Orientation Course (MCSOC) for Marines interested in serving a tour of duty at MARSOC as Special Operations Capabilities Specialists (SOCS).
2.  Task.  To inform commanders and their combat support and combat service support Marines about career opportunities at MARSOC and the necessary attributes required for success within the SOCS Necessary MOS (NMOS) of 8071.
3.  Purpose.  MCSOC affords eligible Marines interested in a tour within MARSOC the opportunity to interface with senior enlisted leaders in the community and participate in training ranging from MOS-specific, physical performance and resiliency, to mental performance and mental fitness.  Upon completion, Marines will receive feedback on general and MOS-specific skills required for successful tours within MARSOC, beneficial to their individual preparation and their parent commands.
4.  Overview.
4.a.  MCSOC is a 5-day course that will focus on the following:
4.a.1.  Introducing Marines to career opportunities at MARSOC.
4.a.2.  Informing Marines of the professional, mental, and physical attributes desired for a successful tour at MARSOC.
4.a.3.  Identifying interested Marines to Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments (MMEA) for assignment to MARSOC.
4.a.4.  Providing to MMEA, based on MCSOC evaluations, a recommendation for Marines interested in a MARSOC assignment.
4.b.  Although highly encouraged as an aid to a successful tour, all final decisions regarding MARSOC assignment rest with MMEA.
4.c.  MCSOC will be conducted aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from 18-22 September 2017.
4.c.1.  During each training day, attendees will receive instruction on skills required to successfully complete the respective training pipelines.  Instructional events will include general subjects such as physical performance and resiliency training, injury prevention screening, movement under load and mental performance training.  Other events will include MOS-specific skills taught by senior enlisted occupational field Functional Capabilities Managers (FCM).  Attendees will also receive informational briefings on combat support and combat service support to Marine Special Operations Forces (MARSOF) and expected training and deployment timelines.  Upon completion of the course, attendees will receive detailed feedback on both the general and MOS-specifics skills listed above to enable further individual preparation for a successful MARSOC tour.  This feedback will also serve as a guide to future assignment discussions between the Marine, MMEA and the MARSOC FCM.
4.c.2.  The training schedule also includes standard Marine Corps physical fitness events.  The PFT, CFT, and Water Survival Training will be conducted on successive training days.  Attendees will receive CFT and PFT and Water Survival Training completion records for entry in their MCTIMS training folder.
5.  Participants.
5.a.  Marines of the following MOS' are eligible to participate in this course:  SOF Fires Specialists (SOCS-B):  0317, 0321, and 0341 (Joint Fires Observer (JFO) and E-4 through E-5), 0369 (JFO and E-6), 0861 (E-5 through E-7) SOF Communications Specialists (SOCS-C):  0621, 0629, 0631, 0639, 0651, 0659, 0671, 0679, 0681, 0689, 2821, 2823, 2841, 2847, 2862, (E-4 through E-7) SOF Multi-Purpose Canine Handler (SOCS-D):  5811 (E-4 through E-5) SOF EOD Specialists (SOCS-E):  2336 (E-5 through E-9) SOF SIGINT Specialists (SOCS-F):  26XX (E-4 through E-7) SOF Geospatial Specialists (SOCS-G):  0241 and 0261 (E-4 through E-7) SOF CI/HUMINT Specialists (SOCS-H):  0211 (E-4 through E-7) SOF All-Source Intel Specialists (SOCS-I):  0231 (E-4 through E-7) Combat Service Support Marines:  0431 (E-4 through E-6), 0481 (E-4 through E-5)
5.b.  Prerequisites:
5.b.1.  Must be in a full duty status.
5.b.2.  Must not have any pending legal or administrative proceedings.
5.b.3.  Must not have been awarded NJP in the last 12 months.
5.b.4.  Must possess a security clearance in accordance with their PMOS.
5.b.5.  Must meet current Enlisted Career Force Controls (ECFC).
5.c.  Eligibility:
5.c.1.  Must have the requisite time on station to execute orders and check-in to MARSOC NLT 31 August 2018 to be eligible for participation in the September 2017 course; however,
5.c.2.  If a Marine attends the course within 9 months of a scheduled deployment, the Marine will first complete the scheduled deployment before executing any PCS/PCA to MARSOC.
6.  Registration.
6.a.  Interested Marines should submit their request via the MCSOC OMB via email [MCSOC_registration@socom.mil] NLT 25 August 2017 with the following information:
 Rank
 Last Name
 First Name
 Middle Initial
 EDIPI
 MOS
 Date of Rank
 Date Current Tour Began
 Security Clearance and Adjudication Date
 Last PFT/CFT Scores and Date
 Meal Card Number or COMRATS
 Command Point of Contact
6.a.1.  Subject Line should be in the following format:  LNAME/RANK/MOS (i.e. Smith/Cpl/0621)
6.a.2.  All correspondence must be though a .mil or .gov email account.
6.b.  Following the initial request, the Marine will be sent a command screening checklist that must be completed for course registration.
7.  Training Continuum and Obligated Service Requirements.
7.a.  SOCS:  Marines assigned to MARSOC will be required to complete the following courses before the 8071 MOS is obtained:  Special Operations Forces Level I (SOF Lvl 1), Special Operations Training Course (STC), and the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Course.
7.b.  Combat Service Support:  Marines assigned to MARSOC may complete STC and SERE prior to deployment.
8.  Coordinating Instructions.  Government messing and lodging is directed.  No cost government quarters will be provided.  Marines receiving Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) from Camp Lejeune area (75 miles) should be prepared to pay for meals consumed during this period.  Travel costs will be funded by MARSOC.  If selected for participation in MCSOC, Marines will receive further instructions regarding the Line of Accounting (LOA) to be used in the Defense Travel System (DTS).  Marines outside the Camp Lejeune area should plan to travel on 17 September and 23 September 2017.
9.  Points of Contact
1stLt Timothy Olson, email:  timothy.olson@socom.mil GySgt Deryck Dervin, email:  deryck.dervi@socom.mil This message applies to the Active Component.  This message does not apply to the SMCR.
6.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General James B. Laster, Director, Marine Corps Staff.//