My Marine Corps Education and Training
Terry Toenges
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MARINE CORPS TRAINING
-Boot Camp 11/68 - 01/69 Marine Corps Recruit Depot, SanDiego CA.
---Operation and care of the M-14 rifle, first aid, hygiene, drilling and marching, physical fitness, hand to hand combat, Marine Corps history and traditions, and uniform regulations.
-Infantry Training Regiment (ITR) 1/69-2/69 Camp Pendleton CA.
--Operation and care of the M-16 rifle, .45 caliber pistol, M-79 grenade launcher, 3.5 rocket launcher (bazooka), M-60 machinegun, 60mm and 81mm mortars, hand genade, flame thrower, bayonet, and M-72 antitank rocket (LAAW). Infantry tactics, first aid, hand to hand combat, radio communications, booby traps, demolitions, and anything else associated with the infantry.
-Basic Infantry Training School (BITS) 2/69-3/69
--Advanced care and operation of the M-60 machinegun and crew served weapons tactics.
-Staging Battalion 3/69-4/69
--Vietnam orientation and culture, escape and evasion, Geneva Convention protocol, prisoners of war, survival tactics, radio procedures, care and use of all weapons listed previously, hygiene, and first aid.
-Land Mine Warfare, Booby Trap, and Demolitions School 4/69 - Danang, South Vietnam
--All things pertinent to mines, booby traps, and demolitions, including identification, use, and diffusion of mines and booby traps and use of C-4 explosives and TNT.
-Vietnam 4/69-3/70
--On the job training with all of the above.
-Helicopter Support Team School 6/70 - Camp Pendleton CA.
--All things associated with ground liaison between the helicopter and support team, including directional assistance to pilots landing and taking off and hooking, unhooking, loading, and unloading resupply and medical evacuation helicopters.
-3.5 rocket launcher squad leader 3/70-8/70 Camp Pendleton CA.
--Advanced training in the operation and deployment of 3.5 rocket launchers and personnel.
-Seaborne Helicopter Assaults 8/70 San Diego and Camp Pendleton CA.
--Training in infantry helicopter assaults from aboard the USS Okinawa, an LPH (landing, personnel helicopter) ship.
-Dragon squad leader 3/83-3/84 - Marine Corps Reserve Center, St. Louis MO.
--Advanced training in the operation and deployment of the dragon (wire guided tank killer rocket) and personnel.
-Amphibious training 8/83 San Diego Naval Base and Camp Pendleton CA.
--Amphibious assaults and beach landings on "Mike" boats from the USS Peleliu, an LHA (landing, helicopter and amphibious)
-Navy SEAL training 8/87 - Navy SEAL Base, Coronado, CA.
--A condensed course of intensified SEAL training including hand to hand combat, rapelling, and ocean based rubber boat training.
-Amphibious training 8/87 San Diego Naval Base and Camp Pendleton CA.
--Amphibious assaults and beach landings on "Mike" boats from the USS Belleau Wood, an LHA.
MARINE CORPS EDUCATION
Marine Corps Institute
Arlington, VA.
The Marine NCO 03.3 - Nov. 1984
Land Navigation 03.28 - Dec. 1986
Small Units Counterinsurgency Operations 03.30 - Apr. 1987
Military Functions In Civil Disturbances 03.16 - Oct. 1987
Personal Finance 34.20 - Mar. 1988
Counseling For Marines 01.12 - May 1988
Terrorism Counteraction For Marines 02.10 - Mar. 1989
Staff Noncommissioned Officers Career Nonresident Academy 7100 - Feb. 1988
Sub courses:
Military Justice 7105 - 9/87
Personnel Administration 7104 - 9/87
Military Training 7107 - 12/87
Drills, Ceremonies, Uniform Regulations and Inspections 7108 - 12/87
Leadership 7106 - 12/87
Marine Corps History and Traditions 7109 - 12/87
The Basic School Nonresident Program 7300 - Mar. 1989
Sub courses:
Nuclear, Biological and Chemical 7304 - 9/88
Rifle Platoon In The Offensive 7309 - 10/88
Rifle Platoon In The Defense 7310 - 11/88
Combat Intelligence 7306 - 11/88
Tactical Fundamentals 7308 - 1/89
Operations Against Guerrilla Units 03.24 - July 1990
Staff Noncommissioned Officers Academy Advanced Nonresident Program 7200 - 1991
Sub courses:
Physical Training Management 7201 - 9/90
Drill, Customs And Courtesies, Ceremonies, Uniforms, and Regulations 7202 - 9/90
Military Justice 7203 - 9/90
Professional Communications 7204 - 10/90
Administration 7205 - 7/91
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