R 231928Z JAN 12
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 041/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/CHANGE 1 TO NAVMC MARINE CORPS COMMON SKILLS (VOL.1) TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL, (SHORT TITLE: MCCS (VOL. 1) TR MANUAL) TO INCLUDE MONTFORD POINT MARINES//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MCO 3500.72B//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/ALMAR 047-11//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/NAVMC 3500.18A//
NARR/REF A IS THE GROUND TR PROGRAM ORDER.  REF B IS ALMAR ANNOUNCING CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL APPROVED FOR MONTFORD POINT MARINES.  REF C IS MARINE CORPS COMMON SKILLS VOLUME 1.//
POC/K.C. POTTER/CIV/ GTD, TECOM/TEL: COMM 703 784-2203/EMAIL: KENNETH.POTTER(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A AND GIVEN THE COMMANDANT'S INTENT EXPRESSED IN REF B, THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO REF C ARE DIRECTED.
    A.  FOR TR EVENT MCCS-HIST-1002, WRITE IN NEW PERFORMANCE STEP 4. "RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS PATHBREAKERS (MONTFORD POINT MARINES, NAVAJO CODE TALKERS, WOMEN MARINES, ETC.) HAVE MADE TO THE MARINE CORPS LEGACY" ON PAGE 4-12 OF REF C.
    B.  IN THE SAME EVENT, WRITE IN REFERENCE 2. "ALMAR 047-11 CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL APPROVED FOR MONTFORD POINT MARINES" ON PAGE 4-12 OF REF C.
2.  THIS CHANGE IS DIRECTED AS DETAILED BY THE COMMANDANT IN REF B, "OUR MONTFORD POINT BROTHERS ARE PATRIOTS.  FROM 1942-1949, NEARLY 20,000 AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN FROM ACROSS AMERICA CAME TO MONTFORD POINT CAMP IN JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA SEEKING THE AMERICAN DREAM OF INCLUSION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AS A UNITED STATES MARINE.  LIKE THE WIDER SOCIETY AT LARGE THAT WAS SOCIALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVIDED BY RACE, THE MARINE CORPS TRAINED THESE MEN SEPARATELY DENYING THEM THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE CORPS AND IN ITS RICH TRADITION OF SERVICE.  THESE MEN SERVED IN BATTLE, PROVIDED CRITICAL SUPPLIES TO THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES AND EVACUATED THE WOUNDED TO SAFETY.  THEY DID THEIR JOBS WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND ABLY PROVED THEIR COURAGE IN EPIC BATTLES OF THE PACIFIC LIKE SAIPAN, IWO JIMA, AND OKINAWA."
3.  THIS CHANGE IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//