R 071640Z FEB 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 069/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF USMC PHYSICAL FITNESS WEBSITE//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC/YMD/20101022//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC/YMD/20080801//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/CMC/YMD/20080808//
REF/D/MSGID:MSG/CMC/YMD/171533Z OCT 12//
REF/E/MSGID:MSG/CMC/YMD/271120Z NOV 12//
NARR/REFERENCE (REF) A IS 35TH COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (CMC) PLANNING GUIDANCE.  REF B IS MCO 6100.13 MARINE CORPS PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAM.  REF C IS MCO 6110.1 MARINE CORPS BODY COMPOSITION AND MILITARY APPEARANCE PROGRAM.  REF D IS ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIGH INTENSITY TACTICAL TRAINING (HITT) PROGRAM.  REF E IS ALMAR 046/12 THAT ANNOUNCES CHANGE TO THE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST.//
POC/BRIAN MCGUIRE/CIV/MTESD, TECOM/TEL: 703-784-0098//
POC/RYAN MASSIMO/CIV/MRS/TEL: 703-432-1402//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS IS A COMBINED TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM) AND SEMPER FIT MESSAGE THAT ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF THE USMC PHYSICAL FITNESS WEBSITE: FITNESS.USMC.MIL.
2.  IN REF A, CMC ESTABLISHED AS A HIGH PRIORITY THE REQUIREMENT TO INSTITUTIONALIZE RESILIENCY TRAINING.  THE GOAL OF THIS TRAINING IS TO ENHANCE THE TOTAL FITNESS OF MARINES IN THE MENTAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL DOMAINS.  COLLECTIVELY, THIS EFFORT IS KNOWN AS MARINE TOTAL FITNESS (MTF).  THIS WEBSITE PROVIDES TOOLS TO SPECIFICALLY ENABLE OPTIMAL PHYSICAL FITNESS AND COMPLEMENTS OTHER COMPONENTS OF MTF.
3.  KEY COMPONENTS OF THE WEBSITE:
A.  PROVIDES PHYSICAL TRAINING (PT) TEMPLATES FOR INDIVIDUAL MARINES AND UNIT PT PLANNERS THAT ENABLE COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES CONTAINED IN REFS B AND C.
B.  WHILE NOT DIRECTIVE IN NATURE, THESE TEMPLATES HAVE A FOUNDATION IN THE HITT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN REF D.  NUMEROUS HITT VIDEOS AND WORKOUTS ARE PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE AS DOWNLOADABLE WORKOUT PLANS.
C.  PROVIDES A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR PHYSICAL READINESS POLICIES (REFS B AND C, MARINE CORPS MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM, MARINE CORPS WATER SURVIVAL TRAINING PROGRAM).
D.  SERVES AS A HOST FOR EMERGING CHANGES IN PHYSICAL FITNESS POLICIES SUCH AS THE CHANGE TO THE FEMALE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST ANNOUNCED IN REF E.
4.  WEBSITE USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE INPUTS VIA THE COMMENTS TAB ON THE WEBSITE.  THE WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS M. MURRAY, COMMANDING GENERAL, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND.//