ONE-TIME SCREENING OF ALL MARINES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES AND IDENTIFICATION OF LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Date Signed: 12/10/2003 | MARADMINS Number: 573/03
MARADMINS : 573/03
R 101425Z DEC 03
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
BT
UNCLASSIFIED
MARADMIN 573/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC (TECOM)//
SUBJ/ONE-TIME SCREENING OF ALL MARINES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CAPABILITIES AND IDENTIFICATION OF LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS//
REF/A/ALMAR 072/03//
REF/B/MCO P1080.40C MCTFS PRIM//
NARR/REF A IS ALMAR DETAILING CMC'S INTENT TO DEVELOP AN
ACCURATE INVENTORY OF USMC LANGUAGE CAPABILITY AND IDENTIFY
TOTAL MARINE CORPS REQUIREMENTS FOR LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES.
REF B IS MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM PERSONNNEL
REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL (PRIM)//
RMKS/1. BACKGROUND.  REF A OUTLINED THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE
OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS A WARFIGHTING ENABLER AND DESCRIBED
THE COMMANDANT'S INTENT TO IMPROVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CAPABILITY ACROSS THE CORPS.  SINCE 2002, THE MCRDS AND TBS
HAVE SCREENED NEW MARINES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITY
AND ENTERED LANGUAGE DATA INTO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE
SYSTEM (MCTFS).  HOWEVER, MARINES WHO ENTERED THE CORPS
PRIOR TO 2002 MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SCREENED AND THEIR LANGUAGE
CAPABILITIES MAY NOT BE REFLECTED IN MCTFS.  AS SUCH, A
CRITICAL INITIAL STEP TO IMPLEMENTING CMC'S INTENT IS TO
DEVELOP AN ACCURATE INVENTORY OF CURRENT FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CAPABILITY THROUGHOUT THE FORCE.  FURTHERMORE, WE MUST
IDENTIFY THE TOTAL MARINE CORPS REQUIREMENT FOR LANGUAGE
CAPABILITIES. 
2.  MISSION.  ALL MARINES PROFESSING FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS
MUST BE EVALUATED AND APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE CAPABILITY DATA
ENTERED INTO MCTFS.  IN ADDITION, MARFORS MUST IDENTIFY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO SUPPORT WARFIGHTING
PLANS.
3.  ACTION.  ALL UNIT COMMANDERS (BN AND ABOVE) WILL COMPLETE
THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS NO LATER THAN 1 MAR 04:
A.  CANVAS ALL MARINES ASSIGNED TO THEIR COMMAND TO IDENTIFY
THOSE WHO PROFESS TO SPEAK, READ, OR WRITE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
B.  MAKE APPROPRIATE UNIT DIARY ENTRIES FOR THOSE MARINES
SCREENED WHO HAVE A SELF-PROFESSED LANGUAGE ABILITY IN ANY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE.  DATA ENTRIES WILL INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE
CODE AND "SELF-PROFESSED" CODE.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE
REF (B), SECTION 9, PARAGRAPH 90900.  IF MCTFS ALREADY
INDICATES THAT A MARINE HAS CAPABILITY IN THE PROFESSED
LANGUAGE, NO FURTHER ENTRIES FOR THAT MARINE ARE REQUIRED.
C.  BY 30 MAR 04 SCHEDULE MARINES PROFESSING FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CAPABILITY FOR LANGUAGE TESTING. 
(1) FOR MOST LANGUAGES, MARINES WILL TAKE DEFENSE LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY TESTS (DLPT).  THE DLPT IS ADMINISTERED BY BASE
EDUCATION CENTERS.  UPON COMPLETION OF TESTING, TEST SCORES
ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED INTO MCTFS AND THE MARINE'S FOREIGN
LANGUAGE DATA UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
(2) MARINES PROFESSING CAPABILITY IN A LANGUAGE FOR WHICH
THERE IS NO DLPT WILL BE TESTED VIA ORAL PROFICIENCY
INTERVIEW (OPI).  TO SCHEDULE AN OPI, UNIT ADMIN OR LANGUAGE
OFFICERS MUST CONTACT HQMC/IOP USING THE POC IDENTIFIED IN
PARA 4 BELOW.  HQMC/IOP WILL COORDINATE WITH HQMC/MPP-50 TO
ENSURE THE RESULTS OF THE OPI ARE ENTERED INTO MCTFS IN ORDER
TO UPDATE THE MARINE'S FOREIGN LANGUAGE DATA.
D.  COMMARFORRES WILL CONDUCT SCREENING AS OUTLINED IN
PARAGRAPHS 3A-B FOR MARINES IN SMCR UNITS.  TESTING WILL BE
ARRANGED WITH BASE EDUCATION CENTERS NEAR THE SMCR UNIT,
WHEN FEASIBLE.  CONTACT MCCDC POC BELOW FOR ASSISTANCE IN
TESTING SMCR MARINES WHO DO NOT HAVE READY ACCESS TO A BASE
EDUCATION CENTER.  IRR MARINES WILL NOT BE SCREENED OR TESTED.
E.  IN ADDITION, REQ THAT ALL MARFORS TAKE THE FOLLOWING
ACTIONS:
(1) REVIEW ALL OPLANS, CONPLANS, THEATER SECURITY AND
COOPERATION PLANS, AND OTHER RECURRING OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS
IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES REQUIRED
TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS.  
(2) IN ORDER TO DECONFLICT REQUIREMENTS THAT INVOLVE SOURCING
MARINE FORCES FROM MULTIPLE MARFORS, EACH MARFOR WILL ADDRESS
ONLY THOSE REQUIREMENTS ORIGINATING FROM ITS COMBATANT COMMANDER. 
MARFOR HEADQUARTERS WILL CONSOLIDATE AND REPORT REQUIREMENTS
FROM ALL SUPPORTING MARFORS EXPECTING TO CONTRIBUTE FORCES OR
CAPABILITIES TO A SPECIFIC OPLAN OR OTHER REQUIREMENT.  FOR
EXAMPLE, MARCENT, NOT MARFORPAC OR MARFORLANT, WILL PROVIDE ALL
REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF USMC FORCES IN THE
CENTCOM AOR FOR BOTH OPLAN AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
(3) FORWARD A REPORT TO CG, MCCDC BY 1 MAR 04 THAT IDENTIFIES
THE TOTAL MARFOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS.  REQUIREMENTS
SHOULD BE STATED IN TERMS OF:  OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT
(OPLAN/CONPLAN # OR OTHER COMMITMENT, EG GTEP, UNITAS, LF CARAT),
LANGUAGE NEEDED, AND # & TYPES OF LANGUAGE CAPABLE MARINES NEEDED
TO SUPPORT THAT REQUIREMENT -- DIVIDED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES:
FOREIGN AREA OFFICERS (MOS 994X), CRYPTOLINGUISTS (MOS 267X),
CI/HUMINT SPECIALISTS (MOS 0211), AND OPERATIONAL LINGUISTS
(SMOS 8611 OR OTHER LANGUAGE QUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO SERVE AS
INTERPRETERS/TRANSLATORS).  MCCDC POC WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC
SPREADSHEET FORMAT FOR THIS REPORT TO MARFOR POCS.
(4) AS OPLANS/CONPLANS ARE REVIEWED, ENSURE LINGUIST REQUIREMENTS
ARE DOCUMENTED IN MARFOR/MEF PLANS AS PART OF ANNEX A AND/OR
ANNEX E.  THESE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED TO THE COMBATANT
COMMANDERS FOR INCLUSION IN THEIR OPLANS/CONPLANS AS WELL.  
(5) REQ EACH MARFOR IDENTIFY A POC WITH NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND
NIPR/SIPR E-MAIL ADDRESSES FOR THIS ACTION BY 15 DEC 03.
4.  OVERALL MCCDC (TECOM) POC FOR THIS ACTION IS
MAJ WILLIAM P. CLARK, DSN 278-3045/COMMERCIAL 703-784-3045
(CLARKWP@TECOM.USMC.MIL).  MAJ DAVID P. SHEEHAN,
DSN 278-9792/COMMERCIAL 703-784-9792 (SHEEHANDP@TECOM.USMC.MIL)
IS THE POC FOR SCHEDULING SMCR MARINES FOR TESTING, PER PARA. 3.D.
CAPT A.C. WILES, HQMC (I/IOP), DSN 224-2082/COMMERCIAL
703-614-2082, FAX 703-614-1306 (WILESAC@HQMC.USMC.MIL) IS THE
POC FOR ASSISTANCE IN SCHEDULING DLPT/OPI TESTS.//