Annual Training Requirements

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Annual Training Requirements

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ANNUAL TRAINING

• Introduction
• Annual training is a series of annual events that
  must be
• completed by the Marines including SNCOS and
  Officers.
• This presentation will go over the the annual
  training
• Requirements, how to schedule the Marines in an
  efficient manner for these requirements, and the
  proper points of contact for scheduling and any
  questions that arise.

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ANNUAL TRAINING

• ANNUAL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
• Rifle Range
• Pistol Range (SNCOS/Officers only unless MOS
  requires qualification. This mainly applies to
  Motor Transport and Engineer Marines.
• Physical Fitness Test
• Gas Chamber
• Basic Skills Test (Officers not Required to take)
• Swim Qualification

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ANNUAL TRAINING

• RIFLE RANGE
• This is a two week evolution with the first week
  being the snap-in period where for one hour in
  the morning and one hour in the afternoon it is
  spent practicing technique and proper firing
  positions. The second week is called
  qualification week where the Marines qualify with
  their M16A2 service rifle at distances of 200
  yards, 300 yards, and 500 yards and can qualify
  either as a Marksman, Sharpshooter, or Expert.
  Marines are only allowed to qualify once every
  fiscal year so it is vital to let them know that
  failing the range can adversely effect your
  career.

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ANNUAL TRAINING

• Pistol Range
• A three day evolution where SNCOS and Officers
  fire at targets at 7 yards, 15 yards and 25
  yards. Marines again are rated on a point scale
  and can qualify as a marksman, sharpshooter and
  expert
• Marines are only allowed to qualify once every
  fiscal year so it is imperative that they do not
  fail the range and the consequences if they do
  not qualify.

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ANNUAL TRAINING

• Physical Fitness Test
• This is done on a semiannual period meaning once
  every 6 months a physical fitness test must be
  completed. The physical fitness test or PFT
  consists of a 3 mile run, crunches and either
  pull-ups for men or dead-hang on the pull-up bar
  for females. There is a minimum and maximum
  score for each event with a 300 the highest score
  a Marine can get, and a 130 as the lowest they
  can receive without failing. These are also
  grouped by age with individuals older than 28 and
  40 allowed to run a slower time and still get a
  perfect score on the test.

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ANNUAL TRAINING

• Gas Chamber
• A calendar year event that requires attendance
  only once a year. This is a nontested event and
  is designed to test your gas mask and your skills
  inside a gas chamber filled with CS gas.
• Battle Skills Training Test
• Also a calendar year event that while a tested
  event has no bearing on promotion and career
  progression. It consists of 150 questions about
  Marine Corps knowledge and history and the test
  taker is given 3 hours to take the exam.

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ANNUAL TRAINING

• Swim Qualification
• There are 6 levels of swim qualification. There
  is in order CWS4, CWS3, CWS2, CWS1, WSQ (Water
  Safety Qualified, and MCWIS (Marine Corps Water
  Instructor Safety). CWS4 is the basic
  requirement for Marines and with this
  qualification the Marines are qualified for one
  year. With CWS3 they are qualified for two
  years, CWS2 3 years, CWS1 four years, WSQ five
  years and MCWIS for 10 years. Officers must have
  at a minimum a CWS2 qualification in order to
  stay in the Marine Corps.

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SCHEDULING

• Scheduling
• This must be done primarily through your company
  operations section. Each operations section will
  have a list of dates for training events such as
  rifle range, pistol range, gas chamber and swim
  qualification. The physical fitness test can be
  monitored by a SNCO or Officer and can be done at
  the platoon level. It is vital to look at the
  dates provided and schedule all Marines including
  yourself ahead of time in order to secure a quota
  and complete the training requirements.

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POINTS OF CONTACT

• Points of Contact in the Company and Battalion
• The points of contact for help and to schedule
  resides primarily in your company operations
  section who will be able to answer and schedule
  most of your annual training. However the main
  point of contact is the Battalion S-3 Training
  section which has overall responsibility of
  scheduling the events, dictating how many quotas
  each company has for each event, and for planning
  the logistics required for each event as needed.

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QUESTIONS

• Any questions from the group?
• Time to test your knowledge with a simple quiz
  consisting of 10 questions.