Bulletin Board
Update: 14 June 2024
♦ Division Schools will no longer be taking nominations via our email, rather nominations will be taken via our MS Form process. See the "Nomination Process" tab for additional information.
Update: 28 January 2025
Course forms have been updated with new templates. Please utilize the forms located under the "Forms" tab for Division Schools courses.
Join the Division Schools Team
If you are interested in an assignment to Division Schools, please contact our Operations Chief or Training Chief:
SNCOIC
Gunnery Sergeant J. AcostaGarcia
Office Number: 760-725-8759
Operations Chief
Staff Sergeant Arthur F. Renteria
Office Number: 760-725-8758
Assignment to Division Schools provides an opportunity for Marines to expand their instructing abilities outside of their MOS. Please contact our SNCOIC or Operations Chief for rotation information or any other information regarding the Division Schools team.
What is Division Schools?
Division Schools is an asset to all 1st Marine Division units that provides a means to fulfill training and education requirements by alleviating the logistical burden from units when it comes to producing certain Military Occupational Specialties, fulfilling Professional Military Education requirements, or achieving Training & Readiness Standards. Division Schools accomplishes this by offering the following courses:
(Click on the links for further course information)
a. Combat Marksmanship Coach
b. Combat Marksmanship Trainer
9. Night Imaging and Threat Evaluation (NITE) Lab
While Division units will have priority, Division Schools does also accept nominations from over 180 units across IMEF, TECOM, MARCORSYSCOM, MCI-WEST, and MARFORRES. Some courses will have control dates when it comes to priority to ensure consistent enrollment, other courses may not have this date control and priority will only become a concern if seats become competitive. Please refer to the individual course tabs.
Courses Offered
Division Schools offers the following courses and hosts the following events. Any questions concerning any of the following should be directed to the Division Schools staff.
Standard Courses (Courses that have been offered by Division Schools for over six months)
♦ Combat Marksmanship Coach (CMC)
♦ Combat Marksmanship Trainer (CMT)
♦ Drone Racing Team (Not offered as a course - Contact 1stLt L. Scher (Team OIC) - lucas.scher@usmc.mil)
♦ Standard Bearer Challenge
♦ Blue Diamond Challenge
♦ Annual Division Squad Competition
Nomination Process
The nomination process for Division Schools utilizes
MS Forms. MS Forms facilitates by providing a survey-style submission process that ensures required information is filled and submitted to the appropriate course personnel.
The link below leads to an example course submission:
At a minimum, the unit will provide for each individual Marine:
- Rank
- Last Name
- First Name
- Middle Initial
- EDIPI
- PMOS
- BMOS
- Date of Rank
- Duty Status
- Unit
- Company/Battery/Section
- Base From
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Billeting (Required or Not Required)
- POC (Rank, Name, Phone Number, Email)
- Remarks
Each of the courses offered by Division Schools publishes an MS Form link prior to the execution of each course. Unit training offices need to pay close attention to each course's required nomination process dates to ensure effective nomination submissions:
Example:
- CPLC 8-24 (01/52 Seats)
Registration Open: 1 July 2024
Registration Closed: 5 August 2024
Report: 9 August 2024
Convene: 12 August 2024
Graduation: 29 August 2024
Redundancy is always a good thing to ensure your Marines are registered for a course. Division Schools in the past has utilized the following Outlook Mailbox for nominations but way forward will only utilize this method as a communication tool for Division Schools staff to send units confirmation of their Marines' registered status.
Nominations will no longer be taken via our Outlook mailbox starting July 2024.
Division Schools will reply to your nomination either confirming that your nominations have been seated for the requested course or advising the contrary. If your nomination is unable to be seated, we will normally offer the next availability that works for your unit and/or the individual Marine. If you do not receive a reply to your nomination within 24-48 business hours, please contact the Operations Chief or Training Chief for a follow-up.
Please note that each of the courses we offer will have their own specific requirements. We advise that you refer to the respective course links for this pertinent information prior to nominating any Marines for a specific course. Failure to adhere to these guidelines or meet set requirements will slow the process down and prevent Marines from promptly being registered for a course.
Billeting and DTS
Billeting
Division Schools provides billeting for Marines attending from external bases. Units are still required to indicate whether or not their Marines will need government billeting. It is the responsibility of the unit to coordinate timing with Division Schools staff.
For Camp Pendleton Marines that will require billeting for whatever reasons, it is the responsibility of their parent unit to request billeting and receive confirmation that the arrangements have been made. Division Schools holds no responsibility for billeting of Camp Pendleton Marines until the unit submits the request and receives a confirmation of receipt.
Defense Travel System
Division Schools is able to provide government billeting upon request. If there are no availabilities for the requested time, we may provide a non-availability letter.
Division Schools has access to government dining via the 33 Area Dining Facility.
Travel expenses, rental vehicles, incidentals, and per diem will be unit funded.
Corporals Course Forms
Formal Marksmanship Training Course Forms
Basic Machine Gun Course Forms
sUAS/C-sUAS Integration Course
Updates Pending
SIGMAN Leaders Course
Updates Pending
Headquarters
Director
♦ Lieutenant Colonel Freeman
♦ Office Number: 760-725-8756
Deputy Director
♦ Captain Etienne Kinney
♦ Office Number: 760-725-8757
SNCOIC
♦ Gunnery Sergeant Jose Acosta
♦ Office Number: 760-725-8759
Operations Chief
♦ Staff Sergeant Arthur F. Renteria
♦ Office Number: 760-725-8758
M7 (Navy Education and Training)
♦ Chief Petty Officer Peter G. Harding Jr.
Instructor Cadre
Corporals Course SNCOIC
♦ PENDING
♦ Email:
♦ Phone:
Lead Instructor, Formal Marksmanship Training Course
♦ Sergeant Erik Small
♦ Phone: 562-400-6413
Lead Instructor, Basic Machine Gun Course
♦ Sergeant Alexander Reynaga
♦ Phone: 541-802-6441
Lead Instructor, Combat Trauma Management
♦ HM2 Frank Scholz
Course OIC, Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Integration
♦ Captain James M. McMahon
Course OIC, Signature Management Leaders Course
♦ First Lieutenant Lucas T. Scher
Course OIC, Night Imaging and Threat Evaluation (NITE) Lab
♦ Captain Etienne T. Kinney
Cadre Support Request
Background
Often, Division Schools is requested to support units across the MAGTF for various machine gun ranges and non-standard shooting packages. To better facilitate the demand, Division Schools is implementing a request process for units to submit through. Submissions for cadre support will receive either an initial approval or denial. When approved, this will begin a conversation to refine the coordination process.
Submissions
All submissions will be sent to the Operations Chief and SNCOIC.
The email subject line will read:
"CADRE SUPPORT REQUEST" followed by the name of the unit requesting.
- Example: "CADRE SUPPORT REQUEST: V21"
In the request, units will provide:
- Dates, From and To
- Location(s)
- Number of personnel
- Concept of Operations
For any questions, please contact the Division Schools staff. POC information can be found in the Contact Us tab.
Logistics
- Units will be responsible for furnishing their own weapons and ammunition. We may offer guidance on this process.
- Units will be responsible to supply chow and water for their Marines as needed.
- Units will be responsible for providing their own RSO/OIC. If RSO/OIC support is required from Division Schools to meet weapons certification requirements, please indicate this in the request.
- Units will be responsible for providing their own Safety Vehicle and Corpsman support.
- Units will be responsible for providing their own means of communication to Range Safety.
Contact Us
- Director - (760) 725-8756
- Deputy Director - (760) 725-8757
- Operations Chief - (760) 725-8758
- Navy Education Training Office - (760) 763-6632