MARADMINS : 259/05
R 131200Z JUN 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 259/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC PPO POE//
SUBJ/CMC GUIDANCE ON TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY (TACP)
/(CID N036741, N306741)//
REF/MCO P1200.16, MOS MANUAL/18 APR 05//
REF/TACP TRAINING AND READINESS (T&R) MANUAL/01 FEB 05//
REF/PHONCON/POE-30/POG-20/ATB/TECOM G-3/06 JUN 06//
POC/B.J. VON HERBULIS/CAPT/PPO (POE)/DSN 222-4306//
POC/M.T. RAYBON/GYSGT/PPO (POE)/DSN 222-4304//
POC/M.J. HAEFNER/MAJ/TECOM (G-3)/DSN 278-9793//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS IS A COORDINATED PPO/TECOM MESSAGE
PROVIDING AMPLIFIED INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMANDERS OF MARINES ENGAGED IN
THE JTAC TRAINING PIPELINE.
2. BACKGROUND: REF A OUTLINES PREREQUISITES AND TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL FILLING FAC/JTAC BILLETS. IN ADDITION,
REF A IDENTIFIES REF B AS THE OFFICIAL STANDARDIZED PROGRAM OF
INSTRUCTION FOR MARINE FAC/JTAC PERSONNEL. REF B OUTLININES FORMAL
SCHOOL INSTRUCTION, INDIVIDUAL TRAINING PROGRESSION AT THE UNIT
LEVEL, AND JTAC CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS.
3. REF B IDENTIFIES THE FOLLOWING TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND
PREREQUISITES FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE SUBJECT COURSE:
A. INITIAL REQUIRED TRAINING FOR A PROSPECTIVE JTAC IS THE JTAC
PRIMER COURSE (CID N03L8L1). JTAC PRIMER COURSE CONSISTS OF BOTH
ACADEMIC LECTURES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION, AND UNTIL THE
DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE JTAC DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE, ALL
PROSPECTIVE JTACS MUST ATTEND THE EWTG JTAC PRIMER COURSE.
B. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE JTAC PRIMER COURSE, PROSPECTIVE JTACS
COMPLETE AVIATION FAMILIARIZATION AND LIVE FIRE EXECUTION EVENTS
UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A QUALIFIED MARINE FAC/JTAC (MOS
7502/9986). THESE EVENTS, CONSISTING OF THE 100-LEVEL T&R MANUAL
EVENTS, ARE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE UNIT LEVEL AND MUST BE DOCUMENTED IN
THE JTAC TRAINING JACKET.
C. UPON COMPLETION OF THE JTAC PRIMER COURSE AND 100-LEVEL T&R
MANUAL EVENTS, THE PROSPECTIVE JTAC SHALL THEN ATTEND THE TACP
COURSE. ALL PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS WILL REPORT TO THE SUBJECT COURSE
WITH WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF THEIR COMPLETION OF THE PREREQUISITES
LISTED IN 2A AND 2B.
D. FAILURE TO MEET ANY REQUIREMENTS IN PARAGRAPHS 2A, 2B AND/OR 2C
DISQUALIFIES PROSPECTIVE JTACS FROM ATTENDING THE SUBJECT COURSE.
3. ACTION: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, NOMINATIONS TO FILL GROUND QUOTAS
(SPONSOR POE-30) TO THE SUBJECT COURSE REQUIRE THE COMMANDING
OFFICER'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
A. SNM/SNO HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE JTAC PRIMER COURSE (CID
N03L8L1) AND ALL 100-LEVEL T&R MANUAL EVENTS. AS SUCH, SNM/SNO
MEETS ALL PUBLISHED PREREQUISITES TO ATTEND TACP.
B. THIS ENDORSEMENT WILL BE VERBATIM, ON UNIT LETTERHEAD, SIGNED BY
THE COMMANDING OFFICER, AND FAXED WHEN DIRECTED TO POE-30 (ATTN:
FORMAL SCHOOLS), AT DSN 222-4430. NOMINATIONS WILL ONLY BE
CONSIDERED BY PPO (POE) AFTER RECEIPT OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER'S
ENDORSEMENT.
C. STUDENTS WILL PRESENT THIS ENDORSEMENT UPON REPORTING TO THE
SUBJECT COURSE. THIS DOCUMENTATION IS IN ADDITION TO, AND NOT IN
PLACE OF, ANY OTHER PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED REQUIREMENT.
4. PRIMARY POC FOR THIS MESSAGE AT PPO (POE-30) IS GYSGT M.T. RAYBON
AT 222-4304, EMAIL AT RAYBONMT@HQMC.USMC.MIL. TECOM POC IS MAJ M.J.
HAEFNER AT DSN 278-9793, EMAIL AT MATT.HAEFNER@USMC.MIL.//