R 101330Z OCT 23
MARADMIN 514/23
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/FY24 GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT COMMANDERS COURSE//
REF/A/MSGID/CMC WASHINGTON DC/301845ZJUL21//
REF/B/MSGID/CMC WASHINGTON DC/301840ZJUL21//
POC/MCTOG/MATT FALLON/LTCOL/OPSO MCTOG/TEL: (760) 830-3623/EMAIL: MATTHEW.FALLON@USMC.MIL//
POC/MCTOG/JOSH WHITE/MAJ/OIC MCTOG/TEL: (760) 830-8989/EMAIL: JOSHUA.L.WHITE2@USMC.MIL//
POC/MCTOG/CAROLINA VANMEERBEEK/CIV/SECURITY SPECIALIST/TEL: (760) 830-5796/EMAIL: CAROLINA.VANMEERBEEK@USMC.MIL//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 374/23, FY24 COL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD RESULTS. REF B IS MARADMIN 387/23, FY24 LTCOL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD RESULTS.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Situation. The Commandant of the Marine Corps Combined Commandership Course educates all command teams on the fundamental authorities, responsibilities, programs and practices that contribute to a successful command tour in order to ensure they are fully prepared to meet the challenges and demands of command. In November 2017, the Ground Board endorsed the formalization of a Ground Combat Element Commanders Course (GCECC) and requested Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) to facilitate the development and delivery of a GCECC to better prepare Ground Combat Element (GCE) Commanders to lead, train, and tactically employ their Battalions and Regiments in the context of maneuver warfare, in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF).
2. Mission. Execute a five-day operationally focused command preparation course to better ready GCE Commanders to lead, train, and tactically employ their Battalions and Regiments in the context of maneuver warfare in multi-domain operations against peer competitors in support of the MAGTF.
3. Execution.
3.a. Commanders Intent.
3.a.1. Purpose. To enhance GCE Commanders’ readiness to command in today’s complex operating environment.
3.a.2. Method. The GCECC will be a highly focused, high-payoff engagement designed to prepare GCE Commanders for the biggest challenges of their careers. The course is educationally unique and seeks to leverage and expand upon a career’s worth of training, education, and experience. This experiential learning approach of declarative knowledge, sense making, and problem solving will further develop the adaptive capacity in Commanders.
3.a.3. Endstate. GCE Commanders are better prepared to tactically employ, train, and lead their command to support the MAGTF within the context of maneuver warfare in multi-domain operations against peer competitors in support of the MAGTF.
3.b. Concept of Operations. MCTOG conducts the course at Marine Air Ground Combat Center twice per Fiscal Year (FY) in order to afford the opportunity for all FY24 O-5 and O-6 commanders slated for GCE commands to attend prior to or within the first six months of assuming command.
3.c. Coordinating instructions.
3.c.1. Eligibility. GCE Command slated Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, and Lieutenant Colonel selects on the FY24 command slating (per the refs).
3.c.2. FY24 course dates.
3.c.2.a. MCTOG executes GCE Commanders Course 24-1, 11-15 December 2023.
3.c.2.b. MCTOG executes GCE Commanders Course 24-2, 15-19 April 2024.
3.c.3. Registration. Registration is hosted by MCTOG via email to MCTOG Point Of Contact (POC) noted in this message.
3.c.3.a. Registration deadline for GCE Commanders Course 24-1 is 10 November, 2023.
3.c.3.b. Registration deadline for GCE Commanders Course 24-2 is 12 April, 2024.
4. Admin and Logistics.
4.a. Minimum clearance is SECRET. Send clearance info via DISS through your local security manager to SMO code: M30016 POC: Ms.Carolina Vanmeerbeek.
4.b. Each attendee arranges their own billeting. If government lodging cannot be obtained attendees must ensure they get a letter of non-availability. Lodging reservations can be made at:
- Primary: Road Runner Inn (760) 830-6642
- Secondary: Inns of the Corps Mountain View (760) 830-1054
- Holiday Inn Express: (760) 361-1000
- Best Western: (760) 367-9141
- Fairfield Inn: (760) 361-5000
4.c. Funding.
4.c.1. Course attendance is unit funded.
4.c.2. Departure flights should be scheduled for the day after the last scheduled training event supported.
4.c.3. Support personnel funded by MCTOG. Detailed information for support personnel will be published via separate correspondence for each course.
4.d. Uniform: Desert digital Marine Pattern uniform.
5. Command and Signal.
5.a. Command. Omitted.
5.b. Signal. Questions or comments regarding this message are directed to MCTOG POCS.
6. Release authorized by Lieutenant General Kevin M. Iiams, Commanding General Training and Education Command.//