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MARADMIN 489/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/FY12 SCHEDULE OF MARINE CORPS GROUND TRAINING AND READINESS (TR) MANUAL REVIEW CONFERENCES AND FORECASTED FY13 SCHEDULE//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO P3500.72A//
REF/B/NAVMC 3500.106//
NARR/REF A IS MCO P3500.72A MARINE CORPS GROUND TRAINING AND READINESS (TR) PROGRAM.  REF B IS NAVMC 3500.106 TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL GROUP (TRMG) CHARTER TERMS OF REFERENCE.
POC/A. W. BOWN/LTCOL/TECOM/QUANTICO VA/TEL: COMM (703) 432-0191/TEL: DSN 378-0191/EMAIL: ANTHONY.BOWN(AT)USMC.MIL//
POC/R. FELICIANO/CIV/UNIT:TECOM/QUANTCO VA/TEL:COMM (703) 784-3052/TEL: DSN 278-3052/EMAIL: RAMON.FELICIANO(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  GROUND TRAINING AND READINESS (TR) MANUALS PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE TRAINING STANDARDS AND EVENTS THAT ARE MISSION ESSENTIAL TASK (MET) LINKED AND MEET CURRENT CORE TRAINING READINESS REQUIREMENTS.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCES, THE TR BATTLE RHYTHM ENSURES ALL MANUALS ARE FORMALLY REVIEWED, VALIDATED AND REVISED.  ADDITIONALLY, TR MANUALS SERVE AS THE BASIS TO UPDATE AND REVISE PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION (POI) WITHIN THE FORMAL LEARNING CENTERS (FLC).
2.  THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES THE FY12 AND FORECASTED FY13 GROUND TR MANUAL REVIEW BATTLE RHYTHM, ENABLING THE OPFOR, ADVOCATES, FLCS AND MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS TO PLAN AND EXECUTE CONFERENCE-RELATED ACTIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.  16 CONFERENCES ARE SCHEDULED FOR FY12 AND 16 CONFERENCES ARE FORECASTED TO BE CONDUCTED DURING FY13.
3.  GROUND TRAINING DIVISION (GTD) SERVES AS TECOM LEAD AGENCY IN THE COORDINAION, CONDUCT AND FUNDING OF ALL GROUND TR CONFERENCES.  EACH CONFERENCE IS INTENDED TO BE A SERVICE LEVEL FORUM COMPRISED OF OCCUPATIONAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS (SMES) DEDICATED TO REVIEWING, VALIDATING AND REVISING TR MANUALS AS APPROPRIATE.  DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF COLLECTIVE EVENTS TO BE REVIEWED, SOME CONFERENCES WILL BE SEGMENTED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SENIOR SMES ARE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS LEVEL 7000 AND ABOVE COLLECTIVE EVENTS.  GTD TASK ANALYSTS WILL COORDINATE WITH OCCUPATIONAL FIELD SMES TO DETERMINE CONFERENCE AGENDA, PARTICIPANTS AND CONDUCT.
A.  MAJOR PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIONS WILL OCCUR PER THE STANDARD POAM DETAILED BELOW:
(1) 12 MONTHS PRIOR: FRONT END ANALYSIS (FEA) INITIATED FOR SELECT OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS.  FEA RESULTS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR CONDUCT OF CONFERENCE.
(2) 6 MONTHS PRIOR: SME SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED.
(3) 3 MONTHS PRIOR: PRE CONFERENCE MESSAGE RELEASED CONTAINING WEB LINK WITH READ AHEAD INFORMATION FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES. ATTENDEES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH REFERENCES (A) AND (B) AND THEIR RESPECTIVE TR MANUAL PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF CONFERENCES.
B.  FY12 GROUND TR REVIEW BATTLE RHYTHM.  THE FY12 GROUND TR MANUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (READ IN THREE COLUMNS) IS AS FOLLOWS.  CONDUCT OF FEA IS INDICATED IF APPLICABLE:
TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL        DATES          LOCATION
ADMIN                            24 - 28 OCT 11     QUANTICO
COMMON SKILLS VOL2 (FEA)         14 - 18 NOV 11     QUANTICO
MSG                              5 - 9 DEC 11       QUANTICO
RECON                            12 - 16 DEC 11     QUANTICO
MP AND CORRECTIONS               9 - 13 JAN 12      QUANTICO
LAR                              18 - 27 JAN 12     QUANTICO
HEALTH SERVICES (FEA)            13 - 17 FEB 12     QUANTICO
ANGLICO                          27 FEB - 2 MAR 12  QUANTICO
DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT (FEA)    5 - 9 MAR 12       QUANTICO
RELIGIOUS MINISTRIES (FEA)       9 - 13 APR 12      QUANTICO
MARSOC                           21 - 25 MAY 12     QUANTICO
GROUND ELECTRONICS (FEA)         4 - 8 JUN 12       QUANTICO
CBRN (FEA)                       18 - 22 JUN 12     QUANTICO
ENGINEERS AND UTILITIES (FEA)    23 - 27 JUL 12     QUANTICO
INTEL AND GROUND SENSORS         6 - 17 AUG 12      CAMPEN
SIGINT/LANGUAGE                  20 - 24 AUG 12     CAMPEN
NOTE: IN ADDITION, A FEA WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING FY12 IN SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS TR CONFERENCE FORECASTED TO BE CONDUCTED DURING EARLY FY13.
C.  THE FORECASTED FY13 GROUND TR MANUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (READ IN THREE COLUMNS) IS AS FOLLOWS:
TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL        DATES         LOCATION
LOGISTICS                            OCT 12        QUANTICO
INFANTRY                             NOV 12        QUANTICO
MEU                                  DEC 12        QUANTICO
LEGAL                                JAN 13        QUANTICO
PUBLIC AFFAIRS                       FEB 13        QUANTICO
C2                                   FEB 13        QUANTICO
GROUND SUPPLY                        MAR 13        QUANTICO
EOD                                  APR 13        QUANTICO
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT                 APR 13        QUANTICO
TANK                                 APR 13        QUANTICO
09XX                                 APR 13        QUANTICO
AAV                                  JUN 13        QUANTICO
TACP                                 JUN 13        QUANTICO
CBIRF                                JUL 13        QUANTICO
AT/CIP                               AUG 13        QUANTICO
05XX (MAGTF PLANS, CA, IO, SPACE)    AUG 13        QUANTICO              
D.  IT IS THE INTENT OF THIS COMMAND TO HOST ALL CONFERENCES AT THE GROUND TR CONFERENCE CENTER IN QUANTICO, WHICH SERVES AS THE PRIMARY CONFERENCE LOCATION IN ORDER TO LEVERAGE SERVICE LEVEL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND TO ENSURE STANDARDIZATION OF THE TR REVIEW PROCESS.  CONFERENCES CONDUCTED AT ALTERNATE LOCATIONS ARE BY EXCEPTION ONLY.
E.  GENERALLY, POST-TR CONFERENCE ACTIONS WILL BE AS DETAILED BELOW, RESULTING IN A SIGNED TR MANUAL APPROXIMATELY 131 DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE CONFERENCE.
(1) 60 DAYS AFTER CONFERENCE: COMPLETE REVIEW OF TR EVENTS AND ENTRY OF REVISIONS INTO MARINE CORPS TRAINING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MCTIMS) TR DEVELOPMENT MODULE.
(2) 20 DAYS AFTER EVENT ENTRY: STAFF DRAFT TR MANUAL FOR GENERAL REVIEW.
(3) 31 DAYS AFTER DRAFT IS POSTED FOR REVIEW: EDIT DRAFT MANUAL BASED ON STAFFING COMMENTS FROM OPFOR, ADVOCATE AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT.
(4) 15 DAYS AFTER STAFFING COMPLETED: COMPLETE FINAL DRAFT.
(5) APPROXIMATELY 5 DAYS AFTER FORMAL DRAFT IS COMPLETE: FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL/SIGNATURE BY CG, TECOM.
(6) AFTER CG, TECOM SIGNATURE, THE SIGNED TR MANUAL WILL BE SUBMITTED TO HQMC ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (AR) DIVISION FOR FORMAL PUBLISHING.  SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE SIGNED MANUAL IN PDF FORMAT WILL BE POSTED TO THE TECOM GTD WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.INTRANET.TECOM.USMC.MIL/HQ/BRANCHES/GTD/TRMANUAL/DEFAULT.ASPX.               
4.  WITHIN 120 DAYS OF TR MANUAL APPROVAL, FLCS ARE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT COURSE CONTENT REVIEW BOARDS (CCRB) FOR ALL AFFECTED COURSES, SUBMIT A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS (ROP) FOR EACH BOARD, AND SUBMIT UPDATED POI TO TECOM GTD FOR STAFFING.  AFTER INFORMAL COLLABORATION WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE GTD TASK ANALYST, POIS WILL BE FORMALLY SUBMITTED BY FLC FORMAL SCHOOL MANAGERS TO GTD OPERATIONS BRANCH VIA THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS: TECOM.GTB.OPS(AT)USMC.MIL.  NOTE: THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS CURRENTLY CORRECT UNTIL THE GTD PLAD IS UPDATED TO REFLECT GTD.
A.  FLCS MAY REQUEST AN EXTENSION TO THE 120 DAY SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT FOR TIER II (CAREER PROGRESSION MOS) AND TIER III (ALL OTHER COURSES) POIS ONLY.  EXTENSIONS FOR TIER I POIS (ENTRY LEVEL MOS PRODUCING COURSES) WILL NOT BE GRANTED.  EXTENSION REQUESTS WILL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE GTD ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX IDENTIFIED IN PARA 4 OF THIS MESSAGE.  REQUESTS WILL THEN BE STAFFED TO THE APPROPRIATE CG (TECOM ORTRNGCMD) FOR CONSIDERATION.  MAXIMUM EXTENSIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(1) TIER I: NO EXTENSION.
(2) TIER II: UP TO 45 DAYS.
(3) TIER III: UP TO 90 DAYS.
5.  THE FY12 AND FORECASTED FY13 TR MANUAL CONFERENCE BATTLE RHYTHM IS POSTED ON THE GTD WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.INTRANET.TECOM.USMC.MIL/HQ/BRANCHES/GTD/TRMANUAL/DEFAULT.ASPX.  UPDATES WILL BE POSTED TO THIS WEBSITE AS NECESSARY.
6.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN RAYMOND C. FOX, COMMANDING GENERAL, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND.//