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The Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) is the primary training command of the United States Marine Corps. TECOM leads the Marine Corps Training and Education continuum from individual entry-level training, professional military education and continuous professional development, through unit, collective, and service-level training in order to produce warfighters and enhance warfighting organizations that enable the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) to build and sustain the combat readiness required to fight and win today and in the future.




Commands within TECOM


There are three major commands that fall under TECOM – Recruiting Command, Training Command and Education Command




= Recruiting Command

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The Recruiting Command is responsible for military recruitment of civilians into the Corps. In addition to finding volunteers to join, it is also responsible for preparing them for United States Marine Corps Recruit Training or Officer Candidate School.




= Training Command

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The Training Command is responsible for the production of officer and enlisted entry-level Military Occupational Specialty, career progression, and career enhancement skills, with control over all formal training schools throughout the Marine Corps, including Officer Candidate School, The Basic School, Schools of Infantry and various other formal schools.
Some of the major units within Training Command are:

Officer Candidates School
The Basic School
Marine Corps Communication Electronics School
United States Marine Corps Schools of Infantry
Marine Aviation Training Support Group 21
Marine Aviation Training Support Group 22
Marine Aviation Training Support Group 23
Marine Corps Detachment, Fort Leonard Wood
Marine Corps Artillery Detachment, Fort Sill
Marine Corps Communications School (formerly known as the Command and Control Systems School or CCSS)
Marine Corps Intelligence Schools
Marine Corps Engineering School
Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools
Field Medical Training Battalion - East
Field Medical Training Battalion - West
Weapons Training Battalion
Assault Amphibian School




= Education Command

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The Education Command governs the training plans and policies that are instituted Corps-wide; This is the responsibility of the Policy & Standards Division (PSD) within TECOM HQ. This includes the Marine Corps Institute (MCI) courses and the Command and Staff College.
Some of the major units within Education Command are:

Marine Corps University
Marine Corps Command and Staff College
Marine Corps Historical Division
Marine Corps JROTC - MCJROTC is a special staff section under TECOM Headquarters - not part of EDCOM




= Other commands

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TECOM supervises several semi-autonomous commands that provide training and education to units in the Marine Corps:



MAGTF Training Command (MAGTF-TC) aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conducts training for aviation units, most notably the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.
Mountain Warfare Training Center trains air and ground units for warfare in mountainous, high-altitude, and cold weather environments.
The Tactical Training and Exercise Control group (TTECG) conducts several Combined Arms exercises a year called comprehensive, MAGTF-level Integrated Training Exercises (ITX), formerly referred to as [Enhanced] Mojave Viper (EMV) in support of Marine Corps units aboard MAGTFTC Twentynine Palms, California.
Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) conducts training for battle staff teams of battalions and regiments, most notably the Operations and Tactics Instructor (OTI) Course, where students learn skills in operational management of battle staffs.



Marine Recruit Depot San Diego (MCRD-SD) aboard Marine Recruit Depot San Diego, California




Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island (MCRD-PI) aboard Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina





List of commanders



MajGen Charles F. B. Price, May 1944
LtGen Holland Smith, October 1945
LtGen Harry Schmidt, March 1946
LtGen Walter E. Gaskin, March, 2000
MajGen James W. Lukeman, ~2014
MajGen Kevin M. Iiams, May 2017
MajGen William F. Mullen III, 29 June 2018
LtGen Lewis A. Craparotta, 3 August 2020
LtGen Kevin M. Iiams, 2 August 2021
LtGen Benjamin T. Watson, 9 August 2024




See also


U.S. Armed Forces training and education commands

Army Training and Doctrine Command
Naval Education and Training Command
Air Education and Training Command
Space Training and Readiness Command




References



Official website
Marine Corps Training and Education Command at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 October 2000)

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.

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