Summer Training Opportunities
PROTRAMID: Midshipmen will participate in a 4-week training evolution, with one of those weeks specifically focused on Marine Corps training. Midshipmen will be exposed to basic events, including unit physical fitness, range familiarization, hiking, MOUT, and MOS presentations with JO question/answer periods.
Marine Air Ground Task Force: Midshipmen will be assigned a junior Marine Officer as a running mate and experience the daily battle rhythm of Marines in a particular unit. Block is divided into two, two-week training events at two different Marine units.
Marine SECFOR: Security Forces (SECFOR) is offered to those top-performing midshipmen who express an interest in a Marine Corps commission with an exposure to the infantry. The training in this location consists of intense physical training, MCMAP instruction, static live fire with both pistol and rifle, introduction to interior movement, and culminates with live force-on-force encounters in urban terrain (simulated rounds).
Reconnaissance Training Assessment Program (RTAP): RTAP exists to serve as a feeder program for the Basic Reconnaissance Course, which allows for Marines to assess into Reconnaissance Companies in operational units. RTAP is a highly intensive physical evolution with daily runs, rucks, swims, and calisthenic evolutions. It is designed to push young Marines to their physical and mental limits.
Marine Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC): MWTC is offered to those top performing midshipmen who express an interest in a Marine Corps commission, request exposure to the infantry, and successfully complete the MARSOT Screener. Included as a subset to this PTE, MIDN will be hand selected for the Animal Packing Course and Special Operation Forces (SOF) Horsemanship Course.
MARSOC/RECON: MARSOC'S MISSION is to recruit, train, sustain, and deploy scalable, expeditionary forces worldwide to accomplish special operations missions assigned by U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). MARSOC executes complex, distributed operations in uncertain environments, achieving silent success and strategic impact." "MARSOC'S VISION is to be America's force of choice to provide small lethal expeditionary teams for global special operations. With tight-knit teams of agile and adaptable operators, MARSOC will continue to punch well above its weight class.
Marine Corps Instructor Water Survival (MCIWS): The Marine Corps Water Survival School (MCWSS) offers MIDN the opportunity to gain proficiency in the water and test the limits of their physical abilities through evaluated evolutions in a controlled environment.
USMC Martial Arts Instructor (MAI): MCMAP is a combat system developed by the United States Marine Corps to combine existing and new hand-to-hand and close quarters combat techniques with morale and team-building functions and instruction in the Warrior Ethos. The program trains Marines (and U.S. Navy personnel attached to Marine units) in unarmed combat, edged weapons, weapons of opportunity, and rifle and bayonet techniques. It also stresses mental and character development, including the responsible use of force, leadership, and teamwork.
USMC Martial Arts Instructor Trainer (MAI-T): MCMAP is a combat system developed by the United States Marine Corps to combine existing and new hand-to-hand and close quarters combat techniques with morale and team-building functions and instruction in the Warrior Ethos. The program trains Marines (and U.S. Navy personnel attached to Marine units) in unarmed combat, edged weapons, weapons of opportunity, and rifle and bayonet techniques. It also stresses mental and character development, including the responsible use of force, leadership, and teamwork.
USMC Force Fitness Instructor (FFI): The USMCs FFI Course utilizes structured functional exercise science in order to optimize mental and physical performance, reduce injuries, and maximize unit physical readiness.
USMA Cadet Field Training (CFT): Training trains, mentors, and assesses basic leadership skills focusing on Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs), effective communication, and tactical decision making in order to develop competent and confident small unit leaders capable of operating in an uncertain and rapidly changing environment. In a series of tactical scenarios that reflect the Decisive Action Training Environment, students experience a minimum of two assessed leadership positions which provides them with a common experience to further enhance his/her leadership ability to solve difficult tactical problems.
Description:
Leatherneck is a four week training evolution in Quantico, Va., for 1/C Midshipmen interested in the Marine Corps. It is the primary evaluation for Marine Corps candidates from the U.S. Naval Academy. During the four weeks, midshipmen are evaluated on leadership, physical training and military skills. Physical evaluations include the Physical Fitness Test, Combat Fitness Test, Obstacle Course and Endurance Course. Students learn basic military skills such as land navigation, combat orders, offensive combat tactics, and basic weapons familiarization. Midshipmen apply this training during multi-day field exercises including the culminating event when each midshipman is given the opportunity to lead a squad attack on an objective. Additionally, midshipmen are mentored in leadership skills required of a 2ndLt such as counseling/evaluating subordinate Marines and developing productive relationships with Staff Non Commissioned Officers.
Mission:
The mission of Leatherneck is to train, evaluate, advise and mentor 1st Class Midshipmen considering a career in the United States Marine Corps. Leatherneck midshipmen will be mentally, morally, and physically tested via a rigorous training schedule designed to introduce them to the camaraderie, esprit and rigors of Marine Corps life. Leatherneck is the primary mechanism by which midshipmen are evaluated for their potential to serve successfully as company grade officers in the Marine Corps.
Orientation:
The MAGTF summer training program provides two 2-week fleet immersion experiences for midshipmen with a unit of the Marine Corps' operating forces. The program serves as a recruiting tool for midshipmen interested in service-selecting the Marine Corps. Midshipmen will be assigned to a company-grade sponsor for a period of two weeks, followed by assignment to a different sponsor and different unit for a period of two weeks. Participation in MAGTF does not meet the requirement of Leatherneck attendance for service selection as a 1/C.
Mission:
The mission of the MAGTF Summer Training Program is to recruit midshipmen by exposing them to Marine Corps operational forces and the responsibilities of company grade officers so that they may further assess the Marine Corps as their service choice. Midshipmen will be assigned to Marine units based in MCB Camp Lejeune, MCAS New River, NC and MCAS Beaufort, SC during blocks 1, 2, and 3. Midshipmen will be assigned to Marine units based in MCB Camp Pendleton during block 3
Previous Participating Host Units:
- Combat Arms Units
- Marine Division G-2 (Intelligence)
- 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
- 1st Battalion, 4th Marines
- 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines
- 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
- 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
- 1st Reconnaissance Battalion
- 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion
- Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines
- Combat Service Support Units
- Marine Logistics Group, Public Affairs
- Combat Logistics Regiment 1
- Combat Logistics Regiment 17
- Combat Logistics Battalion 1
- 1st Combat Engineer Battalion
- Aviation Units
- Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron, VMM-161
- Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron, VMM-166
- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron, VMFA(AW)-121
- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron, VMFA(AW)-225
- Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron, HMH-462
- Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron, HMH-466
- Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron, VMGR-352
Mission:
The purpose of PROTRAMID Marine Week is to expose 3rd Class Midshipmen directly to the wide array of opportunities for junior Marine Corps officers in the Fleet Marine Forces in order to generate and foster interest in pursuing a Marine Corps commission.
Training:
Midshipmen will participate in a breadth of Marine Corps-related experiences in order to reinforce previous exposure to USMC professional knowledge and expand upon USMC concepts. Midshipmen will receive hands-on exposure to Marine Corps weapons and equipment, will interact with Marines of all ranks in both field and garrison environments, and will experience a wealth of immersive USMC-related activities. The basic theory and fundamentals of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) will be explained and reinforced in conjunction with multiple static displays of ground and aviation equipment, as well as a number of opportunities to live-fire weapons and experience various means of troop transport, from helicopter assault support to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) rides. Midshipmen will be afforded the opportunity to participate in the gas chamber, rappelling, and Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) scenarios. A number of briefs will be given in order to expand each individual's understanding of the Marine Corps and how it operates as the world's finest fighting organization.
Key Events:
3/C Midshipmen will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of Marine-specific events. Some examples from previous years include:
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- Weapons Handling
- Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer
- Fire Team and Squad Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
- Fixed-Wing Static Display
- Rotary-Wing Static Display
- Air Traffic Control Tower and Radar Room Tour
- Marine Corps Recruiting Depot Museum Tour
- Marine Corps Recruiting Depot Recruit Processing Brief
- Amphibious Assault Vehicle Rides and Static Display
- V-22 Osprey Rides
- CH-53 Helicopter Rides
- Military Operations in Urban Terrain Training
- Night Vision Goggle Training
- Artillery Static Display
- Marine Special Operations Command Brief
The MARSOT Screener, held during the fall and spring semesters off qualified Midshipmen the opportunity to participate in a variety of selective training evolutions. The screener consists of a half day evolution that incorporates squad sized movements under load, tests of physical strength and endurance, timed runs through both the obstacle and endurance courses, and marksmanship with the M-4 service rifle. Those who qualify during the screener may be selected to participate in a number of USMC training schools.
