R 021628Z JUL 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0404/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (NCO) SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN//
REF/A/MSGID:CMC WASHINGTON DC SD/152222Z DEC 08/-//
REF/B/MSGID:WASHINGTON DC ACMC/121943Z JUN 09/-//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 707/08, TWENTIETH EXECUTIVE SAFETY BOARD (ESB) RESULTS. REF B IS MARADMIN 0364/09, TWENTY-FIRST EXECUTIVE SAFETY BOARD (ESB) RESULTS.//
POC/KIMBERLY MCGOLDRICK/CIV/UNIT:MRA/-/TEL:(703)784-9542//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND PUBLISHES THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (NCO) SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE.
2. THE NCO SUICIDE PREVENTION COURSE IS A PEER-INSTRUCTED TRAINING CURRICULUM ESTABLISHED BY THE 20TH EXECUTIVE SAFETY BOARD (ESB) AND DETAILED IN REFERENCES A AND B. THIS COURSE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR 100 PERCENT OF MARINE NCOS AND NAVY FMF CORPSMEN DURING THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
3. A MASTER TRAINER COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED 13-17 JULY 09 IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA TO INSTRUCT THE INITIAL MASTER LEVEL TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS. CLASSES WILL BE HELD IN THE GENERAL RAYMOND G. DAVIS CENTER FROM 0800-1700, 14-16 JUL 09. ATTENDEES SHOULD PLAN TO TRAVEL ON 13 AND 17 JUL 09.
A. MARINE FORCES COMMAND (MARFORCOM), MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND (MCCDC), AND MARINE FORCES RESERVE (MARFORRES) ARE EACH REQUIRED TO DESIGNATE AND FUND ONE TEAM OF TWO SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS AND ONE STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (SNCO) TO ATTEND THE MASTER TRAINING COURSE. MARFORPAC IS REQUIRED TO DESIGNATE AND FUND TWO OF THESE TEAMS (ONE FROM OKINAWA AND ONE FROM CAMP PENDLETON). UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT FOLLOW-ON TRAINING IN THEIR REGION.
B. DESIGNATED SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS MUST HOLD THE RANK OF SERGEANT, POSSESS EXPERIENCE AS AN INSTRUCTOR, AND REMAIN ON STATION FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR FOLLOWING ATTENDANCE AT THE MASTER TRAINING COURSE.
C. DESIGNATED SNCO ATTENDEES MUST BE EXPERIENCED TRAINING COORDINATORS FOR MARINE FORCE, MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, OR INSTALLATION LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS. THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COORDINATE LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT FOR FOLLOW-ON COURSES IN THEIR REGION, CO-INSTRUCT PORTIONS OF THE COURSE, AND MUST BE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON STATION FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE MASTER TRAINING COURSE.
D. THE NAME, RANK, AND MOS OF INDIVIDUALS DESIGNATED FOR THIS COURSE OF INSTRUCTION SHALL BE IDENTIFIED VIA EMAIL OR MESSAGE TRAFFIC TO THE POC NLT 10 JUL 09.
4. FOLLOWING THE MASTER TRAINING COURSE, ATTENDEES WILL CONDUCT ADDITIONAL TRAIN-THE-TRAINER COURSES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS. EACH SUBORDINATE COMMAND DOWN TO THE SQUADRON AND BATTALION SIZE ELEMENT IS REQUIRED TO DESIGNATE TWO SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS TO ATTEND THIS SUBSEQUENT TRAINING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS FOLLOW-ON TRAINING WILL BE PUBLISHED SEPARATELY VIA THE REGIONAL SNCO COORDINATORS.
A. THESE REGIONAL TRAIN-THE-TRAINER COURSES WILL COMMENCE IN ADHERENCE TO THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE.
    CAMP LEJEUNE        27-29 JUL 09
    CAMP PENDLETON      30 JUL-1 AUG 09
    MCB JAPAN           4-6 AUG 09
    MARFORRES           10-12 AUG 09
    MCB QUANTICO        13-15 AUG 09
B. HQMC MASTER TRAINING COURSE INSTRUCTORS WILL ATTEND THESE INITIAL REGIONAL COURSES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE PURPOSES.
C. REGIONAL SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL TRAIN-THE-TRAINER COURSES DURING SUBSEQUENT WEEKS UNTIL TWO SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS FROM EACH SQUADRON AND BATTALION SIZED ELEMENT HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE COURSE. THESE ADDITIONAL COURSES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN FIVE WEEKS OF THE INITIAL COURSE FOR EACH REGION.
D. SUBORDINATE ELEMENT SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS WILL COMMENCE TRAINING OF ALL NCOS AND NAVY FMF CORPSMEN IN THEIR COMMANDS IMMEDIATELY UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR REGIONAL TRAIN-THE-TRAINER COURSE.
5. TRAINING FOR SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS AND NCOS FROM UNITS DEPLOYED TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM WILL BE CONDUCTED BY HQMC MASTER TRAINING INSTRUCTORS IN THEATER AND WILL COMMENCE SOON AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE MASTER TRAINING COURSE.
6. SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//