United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command explained

Unit Name:	Marine Corps Training and Education Command
Type:	Supporting command
Role:	Training and education
Command Structure:	Headquarters Marine Corps
Current Commander:	LtGen Benjamin T. Watson
Garrison:	MCB Quantico, Virginia, U.S.
Nickname:	TECOM
Motto:	"Always Learning, Always Leading!"

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.^[1]

Commands within TECOM

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

Recruiting Command

See main article: Marine Corps Recruiting Command. 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

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

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

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

List of commanders

• LtGen Walter E. Gaskin, March, 2000
• MajGen James W. Lukeman, ~2014^[2]
• MajGen Kevin M. Iiams, May 2017^{[3] [4]}
• MajGen William F. Mullen III, 29 June 2018
• LtGen Lewis A. Craparotta, 3 August 2020
• LtGen Kevin M. Iiams, 2 August 2021^[5]
• 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

1. https://www.tecom.marines.mil/
2. Web site: Major General James W. Lukeman.
3. Web site: Major General Kevin M. Iiams.
4. Web site: Brigadier General Mark H. Clingan.
5. Web site: Lieutenant General Kevin M. Iiams.