R 031851Z FEB 25 MARADMIN 052/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2025 COMBAT MARKSMANSHIP SYMPOSIUM POST-SYMPOSIUM// REF/A/MCO 3574.2M/06Apr2022// REF/B/MCRP 8-10B.2 RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP// REF/C/MCRP 8-10B.3 PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP// REF/D/CMS CHARTER/NOVEMBER 2021// REF/E/MARINE CORPS MARKSMANSHIP CAMPAIGN PLAN (MCP) 2024// NARR/REF A IS THE MARINE CORPS ORDER FOR THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAMS (MCCMP).  REF B IS THE MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUB FOR RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP.  REF C IS THE MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUB FOR PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP.  REF D IS THE CMS CHARTER.  REF E IS THE MARINE CORPS MCP.   POC/ J. C. GRAYEK/GUNNER (CWO4)/DIRECTOR, MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SECTION (MPMS), WTBN QUANTICO, TEL: 703 784-5275/EMAIL: [email protected]// POC/ M. L. PAUGH/GYSGT/SNCOIC, MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SECTION (MPMS), WTBN QUANTICO, TEL: 703 784-5450/EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Per reference (a), the Commanding General, Training and Education Command serves as the sponsor for the Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Program (MCCMP).  Commanding General, Training Command staffs and distributes products developed by MCCMP Proponent.  The Commanding Officer, Weapons Training Battalion (WTBn) Quantico, serves as the Marksmanship Proponent.  The Director of the Marksmanship Program Management Section (MPMS), WTBn Quantico, serves as the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for items in the MCCMP order.  MPMS develops, maintains, and updates all master lesson files and other supporting documentation for conducting marksmanship training throughout the Marine Corps.  MPMS has direct liaison authority with other commands where necessary and appropriate to accomplish these efforts.  2.  WTBn Quantico hosted the FY25  Combat Marksmanship Symposium (CMS) from 16-18 October 2024.  The CMS provides a single forum for key leaders from across the Total Force to consider combat marksmanship issues and subsequently provide senior leadership an accurate picture of the Service’s current marksmanship state along with recommendations for the future.  Reference (e) is the Marine Corps Marksmanship Campaign Plan (MCP), which was signed on 16 September 2024, and charged the Force to realize a quantitative increase in individual Marine and unit lethality to meet the demands of the future operating environment.  The FY25 CMS was conducted with the explicit focus on realizing the MCP vision in its entirety. Post-CMS, TECOM’s Marksmanship Working Group (MWG) will ensure the MCP’s specified tasks are completed as directed. 3.  The FY25 CMS included the following working groups (WG): Entry-Level Qualification (ELQ), the Marksmanship Instructor Training Continuum, Joint Marksmanship Assessment Package (JMAP) Fielding, Precision Marksman and Advanced Precision Marksman Way Forward, and Infantry Marksmanship Assessment standardization at the Schools of Infantry (SOI).  4.  At the CMS’s conclusion, the following items were brought forward for MCCMP sponsor and proponent review and decision, and all were approved:  4.a.  The ELQ WG developed the plan to achieve MCP task IO 1.1.1 and 3.3.2.  IO 1.1.1 directs the development of a training program to progress a Marine from having never fired a weapon to qualifying with an Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ)-like evaluation and ultimately with a complete ARQ evaluation by FY29.  IO 3.3.2 directs a proof-of-concept test on recruit populations firing the ARQ and building on the success of ongoing entry-level officer ARQ implementation. 4.b.  Marksmanship Instructor Training Continuum.  To reduce redundancy and increase efficiency between four different marksmanship courses, WTBN-Quantico will conduct a proof-of-concept course beginning in third quarter FY25.  This proof-of-concept will consolidate the associated tasks between the existing courses and increase instructor capacity.  Instructor development will account for planned fielding of JMAP IAW reference (e). Further discussion will be conducted at the FY26 CMS. 4.c.  Precision Marksmanship.  The CMS included extensive discussions focused on the intent to have one precision marksman (PM) per rifle squad in each infantry battalion along with the future Advanced PM leadership billet tasked in Ref (e).  Both items will be the focus of a Total Force Operational Planning Team (OPT) to be conducted in January 2025, with further OPT details released SEPCOR.   4.d.  SOI Standards for the Infantry Marksmanship Assessment (IMA) and Rifleman Marksmanship Assessment (RMA).   4.d.1.  WTBN-Quantico IMA and RMA guidelines to the SOIs via separate correspondence coinciding with this message.  The guidelines will include event setup, execution, and administrative instructions to ensure standardized execution of the events. The standards or minimum scores required for each stage of the IMA and RMA are effective with this message and will be re-assessed on 1 April 2025. 4.d.2.  The zero stage of the IMA and RMA was not previously recorded with sufficient data points to establish a clear minimum standard.  IAW the revised guidelines, the zero stage will be recorded to collect data without a minimum requirement, which will allow for a revised standard to be implemented on 1 April 2025. 5.  The CMS met its intent to gain a clear picture of the current state of Marine Corps marksmanship and the next steps required to achieve the MCP vision.  WTBN-Quantico shall draft a calling message for the FY26 CMS in May 2025 announcing the symposium dates, anticipated topics based on the MCP, and to solicit further inputs from the Total Force.   6.  Contact the POCs for any requests for information. 7.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Benjamin T. Watson, Commanding General, Training and Education Command.//