R 112020Z APR 16
MARADMIN 197/16
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/INTEGRATION EDUCATION MOBILE TRAINING TEAM (MTT)//
REF/A/MEMO/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC/03DEC15//
REF/B/FRAGO/CMC WASHINGTON DC/161630RDEC15//
NARR/REF A IS SECDEF MEMORANDUM DTD 3 DEC 2015 WHICH ANNOUNCED THE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE FOR THE FULL INTEGRATION OF WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES.  REF B IS FRAGMENTARY ORDER 4 (IMPLEMENTATION) TO THE MARINE CORPS FORCE INTEGRATION CAMPAIGN PLAN, 161630RDEC15, WHICH DETAILS THE MARINE CORPS PLAN FOR INTEGRATION.//
POC/COLEMAN, L.C./LTCOL/MPI/COMM: 703-784-3388/EMAIL: LAWRENCE.C.COLEMAN(AT)USMC.MIL POSEY, M.J./MAJ/MPI/COMM: 703-784-9691/EMAIL: MISTY.POSEY(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  As addressed in Reference (a), this MARADMIN outlines the execution of the Concept of Education directed in Reference (b).
2.  Manpower and Reserve Affairs (MRA) has developed education materials in support of leadership efforts to ensure successful integration of female Marines into previously closed ground combat arms occupations and units.
3.  A Mobile Training Team (MTT) comprised of subject matter experts (SMEs) will travel to various Marine Corps installations during May-June of 2016.
4.  The MTT will educate and train command representatives (Tier 1), who will become their unit SMEs.  Per the train-the-trainer method, Tier 1 personnel will subsequently educate and train commanders and staff (Tier 2), commanders and staff will educate and train leaders (Tier 3), and leaders will educate their Marines and Sailors (Tier 4).  The intent is for leaders to deliver the education and execute the training in small group settings, primarily via guided discussions.
5.  Each O-5 and O-6 level command from the Marine Corps Total Force is required to identify at least two personnel to attend Tier 1 training.  Commanders and Sergeants Major are highly encouraged to attend Tier 1 training, but may send representatives in their place.
6.  Command representatives must be at least one officer (O-3 or above) and one enlisted Marine (E-7 or above) from each O-5 and O-6 level command.  For reserve units, command representatives may be from the Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) and/or Inspector and Instructor staff.  It is highly encouraged that one command representative be from the SMCR and one representative be from the Inspector and Instructor staff.  Command representatives shall be carefully chosen, they will be critical to the successful execution of the Marine Corps Integration Implementation Plan at their units.
7.  More than two personnel may attend Tier 1 training from each command.  Additional personnel may be of any rank.  Leaders and staff at all levels are welcome and encouraged to attend Tier 1 training.
8.  Command representatives must attend at least one 2-day session instructed by the MTT.  Command representatives and additional personnel may attend any 2-day session instructed by the MTT, regardless of home station.
9.  The following is the MTT schedule:
4-5 May 2016: MCB Quantico, Virginia (James Wesley Marsh Center, Room 255)
9-10 and 11-12 May 2016: MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
14-15 May 2016: NASJRB Belle Chase, New Orleans
17-18 May 2016: MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina
2-3 June 2016: MCAGCC 29 Palms, California
7-8 June 2016: MCB Camp Pendleton, California
9-10 June 2016: MCAS Miramar, California
14-15 June 2016: Pentagon
21-22 June 2016: Camp Foster, MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa
23-24 June 2016: Camp Schwab, MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa
28-29 June 2016: MCB Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
12-13 July 2016: MCB Quantico, Virginia
10.  Integration education and training will be delivered in an interactive, dynamic setting and consists of practical information for immediate use by leaders.  Specifically, topics consist of an overview of DoD and USMC policy changes, details of the Marine Corps Integration Implementation Plan, how it will affect Marines and Sailors, and how it mitigates integration challenges, integration best practices and lessons learned (physical fitness, billeting, field training, privacy, and cohesion), standards and changes to orders and directives impacted by policy change, thinking, acting, and decision-making, leadership communication skills and techniques, an overview of organizational culture, tools for leading institutional change, guided discussion facilitation techniques, and guided discussions on integration vignettes.
Day One (0800-1600):
-DoD and USMC Policy Change
-Marine Corps Integration Implementation Plan
-Integration Best Practices
-Orders, Directives, and Standards
-Guided Discussions
Day Two (0800-1600):
-Thinking, Acting, and Decision-Making
-Communication Trade Secrets
-Organizational Culture and Leading Institutional Change
-How to Lead Guided Discussions
-Guided Discussions
11.  Active Component Commanders shall ensure that Tier 2 education and training is complete NLT 31 August 2016, Tier 3 is complete NLT 30 September 2016, and Tier 4 is complete NLT 31 October 2016.
Reserve Component Commanders shall ensure that Tier 2 education and training is complete NLT 31 October 2016, Tier 3 is complete NLT 30 November 2016, and Tier 4 is complete NLT 31 January 2017.
12.  The end-state is for all Marines and Sailors to be educated and trained by small-unit leaders/immediate supervisors in their chain of command in small group settings NLT 31 October 2016 (active) and 31 January 2017 (reserve).
13.  Coordinating instructions.  The MTT coordinators are Major M. J. Posey (misty.posey(AT)usmc.mil or 703-784-9691), Felicia Wilkerson (felicia.wilkerson(AT)mantech.com or 703-784-3358), and Staff Sergeant Isael Arce (isael.arce(AT)usmc.mil or 703-784-3358/3405).  For questions and feedback, contact the MTT coordinators.  Unless otherwise specified in this MARADMIN, exact training locations/classrooms will be disseminated via separate correspondence via local chain of command.  Both hard copy and electronic training materials will be provided to each command representative to support follow-on education and training of Tiers 2, 3, and 4.  Electronic training materials will be available after 3 May 2016 on the Marine Corps Integration Education Portal at the following URL: https:(slashslash)eis.usmc.mil/sites/MCFIEP/default.aspx.
14.  This MARADMIN is applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force.
15.  Release authorized by LtGen M. A. Brilakis, Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs.//