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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen with II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) provide medical care to simulated casualties during a Tactical Casualty Care (TCCC) Tier Three Instructor test at Battle Skills Training on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18, 2023. Sailors with 2nd Marine Logistics Group hosted a TCCC Tier Three instructor course for Corpsmen from around II MEF to become instructors. The events depicted in this video took place May 18, 2023, and this video was created June 2, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Mary Kohlmann)

Marines aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany conducted basic skills training on defending a position and standing a sentry post, April 8-9. The purpose of this training is to build unit cohesion by implementing challenging and realistic settings to strengthen leadership and critical thinking, while in an unpredictable environment. *Music by Epic motivational music mix (YouTube Instrumentals) *Sound effects by Sci-Fi Sound Effects (YouTube Instrumental)

Marines with Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans conduct Battle Skills Training at Camp Villere, Slidell, Louisiana, March 10, 2020. Marines participate in BST to ensure all Marines, regardless of rank or occupation, sustain the basic combat skills and knowledge necessary to be successful on the battlefield.

U.S. Marines from Headquarters Company, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico take part in a week long Battle Skills Test (BST) on MCB Quantico, Va., Feb. 7, 2019. The BST training is used as a refresher for skills marines have learned in the past. (DoD video by Corporal Malik Daniel)

U.S. Marines with Battle Skills Training School, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, fire M224 60mm mortar systems for the first time since 2004 on Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 4, 2018. The Marines fired mortars during the first step in a training plan designed to provide 2nd MLG with an internal call for fire course to better prepare the Marines and Sailors for future contingency operations worldwide. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Scarlet A. Sharp)

The Marine Corps Battle Skills Test (BST) Program provides a structured approach for the service to ensure all Marines sustain proficiency in 30 of the 178 common skills taught during entry level training. The program will emphasize training using a leader-led, face-to-face approach. Small unit leaders (noncommissioned officers and above) will be the primary trainers and evaluators. Marines, private through general, will annually demonstrate their mastery of these common skills. Commanders will have flexibility in their approach to training and evaluating their units. The BST Program effectively begins 1 January 2018 as a calendar year requirement. However, commanders can immediately start incorporating BST training into their unit training plans and are encouraged to begin preparing their small unit leaders to conduct and evaluate the 30 common skills. Training support packages (TSP) and associated performance evaluation checklists for each of the 30 BST skills are online to assist small unit leaders. The TSPs provide small unit leaders the required information, performance steps, and evaluation criteria to facilitate leader-led training. The training is designed to be conducted in any environment from garrison to field, on the flight line, in the motor pool, maintenance bay, or on ship. Units may find that many of these skills are already embedded in their unit training plan, thereby minimizing the impact of the BST Program. Commanders determine how and when the training and evaluation will occur throughout the calendar year. Options range from training and evaluation over the course of a year to training throughout the year and then consolidating evaluation into a culminating event to foster esprit de corps. All Marines have previously been taught these skills during entry level training, thus the expectation is that Marines have the ability to easily refresh and sustain these skills. Commanders have the entire calendar year to ensure their Marines train and pass all 30 of the skills, and will ensure that training is recorded. (U.S. Marine Corps Video/released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), participate in 2nd MLG Squad Competition at the Battle Skills Training School on Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 21-22, 2017. 2nd MLG held the competition in order to highlight the outstanding Marines with each battalion, build unit pride and cohesion, and identify common skill deficiencies with the 2nd MLG. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scarlet A. Sharp)

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, conducted a basic land navigation course at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 28, 2015. The Marines were given five points to plot on a map. They were required to use their compass to determine an azimuth in order to find an ammo can placed at each of the points.

Cpl. Joshua T. Shakeshaft, a combat engineer and head instructor for improvised explosive device awareness at the Battle Skills Training School here, walked to the head of the council chambers at City Hall in Jacksonville, N.C., to accept the 2012 Veteran of the Year award Nov. 20. Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/99145/marine-shares-love-fishing-with-wounded-brothers##ixzz2FDNuvV4A