UNCLAS
071438Z FEB 07
CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN 088/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC PPO POG//
SUBJ/USMC CERTIFICATION OF CURRENT JUMPMASTERS ON THE MC-6
/PARACHUTE SYSTEM//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO 3500.20B /-/YMD:20041005// REF/B
/MSGID:ATSH-OTY (3500)/-/YMD:20061211//
POC/B.L. GILMAN/MAJ/HQMC PPO POG 26/-/TEL:DSN 222-4306//
POC/M.T. RAYBON/MSGT/HQMC PPO POG 26/-/TEL:DSN 222-4304//
NARR/REF (A) IS THE MARINE CORPS PARACHUTING AND DIVING POLICY
AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION ORDER. REF (B) IS THE US ARMY INFANTRY
SCHOOL (USAIS) MEMORANDUM AUTHORIZING USMC TRAINING AND
CERTIFICATION OF CURRENT AND QUALIFIED JUMPMASTERS ON THE MC-6
PARACHUTE SYSTEM. //
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. THIS IS A DC, PP&O, CG, MARCORSYSCOM,
AND CG, TECOM COORDINATED MESSAGE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS
TO PROMULGATE USMC POLICY REGARDING THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
OF CURRENT USMC JUMPMASTERS ON THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM AND TO
DIRECT TASKS TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY.
2. BACKGROUND. THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM IS THE REPLACEMENT TO THE
MC1-1C/D PARACHUTE HARNESS AND RESERVE CANOPY. FIELDING OF THE
MC-6 SYSTEM TO THE OPERATING FORCES WILL BEGIN IN JUNE 2007, AT
WHICH TIME THE SCHEDULED PHASE-OUT OF THE LEGACY SYSTEM WILL BEGIN.
A. REF (A) IDENTIFIES USAIS AS THE APPROVING AUTHORITY FOR ALL
USMC-SANCTIONED JUMPMASTER COURSES. JUMPMASTER STUDENTS ATTENDING
THESE COURSES ARE CURRENTLY TRAINED ON THE MC-6, HOWEVER
JUMPMASTERS TRAINED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 2006 WERE NOT. THE FIELDING
OF THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE ALL USMC JUMPMASTERS TO
BE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED ON THIS NEW SYSTEM.
B. REF (B) GRANTED THE USMC CONDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO TRAIN AND
CERTIFY CURRENT JUMPMASTERS ON THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM. THIS
CONDITIONAL AUTHORITY REQUIRES THAT SELECT USMC JUMPASTERS BE
TRAINED AND CERTIFIED BY USAIS TO PROVIDE THIS TRAINING TO OTHER
USMC JUMPMASTERS.
C. THE USMC MC-6 NEW EQUIPMENT TRAINING TEAM (NETT) CONSISTS OF
MEMBERS OF THE TECOM AIRBORNE MOBILE TRAINING TEAM (AMTT) AND THE
MARCORSYSCOM RAIDS & RECON PARACHUTING PROGRAM TEAM. AS PART OF
THE MC-6 FIELDING PLAN, THE NETT WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR
TRAINING CURRENT USMC JUMPMASTERS IN MC-6 JUMPMASTER PROCEDURES.
3. POLICY. TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN REF (B), THE
USMC MC-6 NETT WILL PARTICIPATE IN MC-6 TRAIN-THE-TRAINER (T3)
TRAINING AT USAIS, FT BENNING GA IN MARCH 2007. USMC MC-6 NETT
MEMBERS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE MC-6 T3 TRAINING WILL BE
CERTIFIED AS JUMPMASTER INSTRUCTORS. PER REF (B), THESE INSTRUCTORS
WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO TRAIN AND CERTIFY CURRENT AND QUALIFIED USMC
JUMPMASTERS ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM. UNLESS
EXTENDED OR TERMINATED BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE, THIS
AUTHORIZATION WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 DEC 2008. ADDITIONAL
ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS/REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. USMC JUMPMASTERS TRAINED AT USAIS-APPROVED JUMPMASTER COURSES
PRIOR TO OCTOBER 2006 ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM JUMPMASTER
DUTIES FOR MC-6 PARACHUTE OPERATIONS/TRAINING UNTIL THEY ARE TRAINED
AND CERTIFIED TO DO SO BY THE NETT.
B. THE USMC MC-6 NETT MUST CONDUCT USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER
CERTIFICATION TRAINING IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ACTUAL JUMPMASTER
REFRESHER TRAINING EVENT. MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION TRAINING
WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH NO GREATER THAN A 4:1 STUDENT-TO-INSTRUCTOR
RATIO.
C. THE FIRST ITERATION OF USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION
TRAINING CONDUCTED BY THE NETT WILL BE ASSESSED AND VALIDATED BY
1/507 PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT (PIR) SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND
USAIS QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES. PRIOR TO THIS AND ANY
SUBSEQUENT ITERATIONS, USMC MC-6 NETT WILL CONTACT JUMPMASTER
BRANCH, 1/507 PIR FOR ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM OF
INSTRUCTION (POI).
D. UPON COMPLETION OF ANY USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION
TRAINING, USMC MC-6 NETT WILL SUBMIT BY-NAME ROSTERS OF PERSONNEL
NEWLY CERTIFIED TO PERFORM MC-6 JUMPMASTER DUTIES TO JUMPMASTER
BRANCH, 1/507 PIR. ADDITIONALLY, THE USMC MC-6 NETT WILL
COORDINATE AND SUPERVISE THE ENTRY OF ALL TRAINING ROSTERS INTO
THE JUMP/DIVE REPORTING SYSTEM (JDRS), ONCE OPERATIONAL.
E. EACH STUDENT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER
CERTIFICATION TRAINING WILL RECEIVE A TECOM-APPROVED CERTIFICATE
FROM THE USMC MC-6 NETT. THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTERED INTO
MC-6 JUMPMASTERS' LOCAL UNIT AND INDIVIDUAL TRAINING RECORDS, AS
WELL AS OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF).
5. TASKS.
A. CG, TECOM
(1) NLT 28 FEB 07, COORDINATE THE ATTENDANCE OF DESIGNATED USMC
PERSONNEL AT USAIS MC-6 JUMPMASTER T3 TRAINING WITH JUMPMASTER
BRANCH, 1/507 PIR.
(2) COORDINATE THE CONDUCT OF USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION
TRAINING WITH UNITS AS REQUIRED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MARCORSYSCOM
MC-6 FIELDING PLANS.
(3) PRIOR TO THE FIRST ITERATION OF USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER
CERTIFICATION TRAINING, COORDINATE ALL US ARMY OVERSIGHT/QUALITY
ASSURANCE PARTICIPATION IN THE CONDUCT OF SAID TRAINING.
(4) PRIOR TO EACH ITERATION OF MC-6 JUMPMASTER TRAINING, CONTACT
1/507 PIR FOR ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES TO THE POI IAW PARAGRAPH 4C,
ABOVE.
(5) UPON THE CONCLUSION OF EACH MC-6 JUMPMASTER TRAINING EVENT,
PROVIDE BY-NAME ROSTERS OF PERSONNEL NEWLY CERTIFIED TO PERFORM
MC-6 JUMPMASTER DUTIES TO JUMPMASTER BRANCH, 1/507 PIR.
(6) UPON THE CONCLUSION OF EACH MC-6 JUMPMASTER TRAINING EVENT,
COORDINATE AND SUPERVISE THE ENTRY OF ALL ROSTERS INTO THE
JUMP/DIVE REPORTING SYSTEM (JDRS), ONCE OPERATIONAL.
(7) UPON THE CONCLUSION OF EACH MC-6 JUMPMASTER TRAINING EVENT,
GENERATE AND PROMULGATE AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR
USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION TRAINING.
B. CG, MARCORSYSCOM
(1) PROMULGATE THE MC-6 FIELDING PLAN.
(2) FUND MC-6 NETT ATTENDANCE AT MC-6 JUMPMASTER T3 TRAINING.
(3) FUND ALL ASPECTS OF USMC MC-6 NETT PARTICIPATION IN USMC
MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION TRAINING.
(4) FUND ALL ASPECTS OF US ARMY OVERSIGHT/QUALITY ASSURANCE
PARTICIPATION IN THE CONDUCT OF USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER
CERTIFICATION TRAINING.
6. POINTS OF CONTACT
A. DC, PP&O POC IS MAJ BRIAN GILMAN, (703) 692-4306,
BRIAN.GILMAN@USMC.MIL.
B. MARCORSYSCOM POC IS MAJ ANTHONY FAUST, (703) 784-9761,
ANTHONY.FAUST@USMC.MIL.
C. TECOM POC IS MAJ JOHN ARMELLINO, (703) 784-3044,
JOHN.ARMELLINO@USMC.MIL.
D. USAIS POC IS MR. TOM FOSTER, (706) 545-6270.
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