R 141645Z SEP 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 520/11
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MF(UC)//
SUBJ/NEVER LEAVE A MARINE BEHIND, SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING, NCO II COURSE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND NLMB PROGRAM CLARIFICATION//
REF/A/MSGID:CMC WASHINGTON DC/221736Z JAN 10/-//
REF/B/MSGID:CMC WASHINGTON DC/112156Z JAN 11/-//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 041/10 TWENTY-SECOND EXECUTIVE SAFETY BOARD RESULTS.  REF B IS MARADMIN 022/11, NEVER LEAVE A MARINE BEHIND, SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.//
POC/BUSH P. E./MGYSGT/UNIT:MRA MFC5/-/TEL:703-784-9542//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A, THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, PUBLISHES THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE RELEASE OF THE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (NCO) II SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE AND CLARIFIES REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL NEVER LEAVE A MARINE BEHIND (NLMB) TRAINING TO BE CONDUCTED ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS.  THE IMPROVED NLMB OBJECTIVES APPLY MORE FOCUS ON PEER LED DISCUSSIONS AND THE COURSE MATERIAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE INSTRUCTORS.
2.  NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER II, NEVER LEAVE A MARINE BEHIND, SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.
A.  EFFECTIVE THE DATE OF THIS MARADMIN, THE NCO II, NLMB SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING WILL REPLACE THE NCO, NLMB SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING IN ITS ENTIRETY.
B.  ALL MARINES AND SAILORS ASSIGNED TO MARINE UNITS IN THE GRADE OF E-4 AND E-5 ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THIS TRAINING ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS.
C.  IF MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE NCO, NLMB TRAINING WITHIN THIS CALENDAR YEAR THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE THE NCO II COURSE THIS YEAR.
3.  EFFECTIVE THE DATE OF THIS MARADMIN, ALL NLMB TRAINING (JUNIOR MARINE, NCO, SNCO AND OFFICER) WILL BE REQUIRED ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS.
4.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.
A.  THIS COURSE MUST BE TAUGHT BY A NLMB SERGEANT INSTRUCTOR WHO HAS RECEIVED THE TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE OR THE MASTER TRAINING COURSE AND HAD THE APPROPRIATE MCTFS CODES APPLIED TO THEIR RECORD.
B.  SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS WILL ADHERE TO THE INSTRUCTOR GUIDES.
C.  SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS SHOULD REFER TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO UPDATE THEIR TRAINING MATERIALS: HTTP(SLASH)(SLASH)WWW.USMC-MCCS.ORG/SUICIDEPREVENT.
D.  IN THE EVENT MATERIALS CANNOT BE DOWNLOADED DUE TO DEPLOYMENT OR OTHER TECHNICAL REASONS, A DVD VERSION OF ALL NLMB TRAINING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE REGIONAL COORDINATOR OR THIS MARADMIN POC.  A LIST OF CURRENT REGIONAL COORDINATORS IS LOCATED AT THE PREVIOUSLY STATED WEBSITE.
E.  REPORTING ACTIONS:  UNITS WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT THE COMPLETION OF NLMB TRAINING IN THE MARINE-ON-LINE TRAINING MODULE OR MCTFS REPORTING USING THE FOLLOWING CODES:
PW    - JUNIOR MARINE SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE
PS    - NCO II SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE
PT    - SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE (INSTRUCTOR)
PS/PT - NLMB MASTER TRAINER
PU    - SNCO SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE
PV    - OFFICER SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE
5.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN R. E. MILSTEAD JR, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS.//