R 051930Z NOV 21
MARADMIN 643/21
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/INITIAL GUIDANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 - 2028 TRAINING INPUT PLAN WORKING GROUP//
REF/A/DOC/MCO 1553.1B/19910524//
REF/B/DOC/MCO 1553.2C/20160908//
REF/C/DOC/MCO 5311.1E/20151118//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1553.1B, "TRAINING AND EDUCATION SYSTEM." REF B IS MCO 1553.2C, "FORMAL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT POLICY." REF C IS MCO 5311.1E, "TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE PROCESS."//
POC/NICK STEWART/CAPT/TECOM/703.432.0071/DSN: 378.0071/E-MAIL: NICHOLAS.S.STEWART@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Commanding General, Training & Education Command (TECOM) sponsors the annual Training Input Plan Working Group, and the TECOM Student Registrar Branch acts as the TECOM agent.  The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 – 2028 working group will occur virtually from Tuesday, 8 March to Wednesday, 9 March 2022. This message provides initial guidance to sponsors who must submit formal school training requirements to that working group.
2.  Background
2.a.  TECOM solicits formal school quota requirements from sponsors and from Fleet Marine Force commanders. The compiled requirements create the annual training input plan, which is used to program, resource, and schedule training capacity.  To allow time for validation, TECOM requests submissions approximately two months prior to the working group.  This also allows the working group to focus on finalizing requirements in March vice gathering them in March.
2.b.  Sponsors who do not submit requirements will not have their requirements published.  This could result in certain sponsors' not having FY24 allocations in their desired courses.
3.  Objectives
3.a.  Finalize formal FY24 school requirements by military occupational specialty, or by individual course identifier, sponsor, and student type.
3.b.  Provide initial estimates of FY25 – 28 formal school requirements by military occupational specialty, or by individual course identifier, sponsor, and student type.
4.  Action.  Sponsors submit requirements as follows:
4.a.  The following sponsors under Deputy Commandant (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) should submit FY24 - 28 requirements by 23 February 2021:
4.a.1.  Those with active duty, entry-level, officer requirements,
4.a.2.  Those with active duty, entry-level, enlisted requirements,
4.a.3.  Those with reserve, entry-level, officer requirements,
4.a.4.  Those with reserve, entry-level, enlisted requirements, and
4.a.5.  Those with enlisted lateral move requirements.
4.a.6.  Examples of these sponsors are Manpower, Plans, and Policy, Reserve Affairs Personnel, Policy, Plans and Programming, and Reserve Affairs Management.  Submit requirements in the Marine Corps Training Information System (MCTIMS) Student Registrar Module.
4.b.  Sponsors not included in paragraph 4.a. above, submit best estimate FY24 – 28 requirements no later than 18 January 2021. Those sponsors' requirements should be connected to an active course identifier.  Submit requirements in the MCTIMS Student Registrar Module.
4.c.  Primary method for submitting FY24 – 28 requirements
4.c.1.  Sponsor tool.  The sponsor tool is the single method for submitting requirements.  Sponsors shall submit FY24 – 28 requirements in MCTIMS’ Student Registrar Module by using the sponsor tool sub-module, which is currently enabled.  This will enable TECOM to analyze and accept requirements, return them to sponsors for additional justification, and keep requirement-related communications solely within MCTIMS.  For additional guidance on sponsor tool use, sponsors may contact TECOM’s Student Registrar Branch.
5.  Post-submission actions.  TECOM will compare FY19 - 21 utilization data to FY24 - 28 submissions. Past utilization may impact TECOM's validation of sponsors' FY24 - 28 requirements.  TECOM will also compare FY22 and FY23 requirements sponsors submitted last year.  If FY24 - 28 requirements show an increase of 10 percent or more, sponsors should provide justification.  The objective is to validate requirements prior to the working group.  This will minimize the need to deliberate on validity during the working group itself.
6.  A final guidance MARADMIN will announce an agenda as well as which virtual platform the working group will use.  Student Registrar Branch expects to publish this MARADMIN in December 2021.
7.  Sponsors, please contact the listed POC to ensure Student Registrar Branch has correct contact information for your sponsor code.
7.  This MARADMIN applies to the total force.
8.  Release is authorized by Lieutenant General Kevin M. Iiams, Commanding General, Training and Education Command.//