IMPLEMENTATION OF UPDATED MARINE CORPS WATER SURVIVAL TRAINING PROGRAM (MCTWSP) REQUIREMENTS

Date Signed: 4/01/2011
MARADMINS Active Number: 212/11

R 012119Z APR 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 212/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI //
SUBJ/IMPLEMENTATION OF UPDATED MARINE CORPS WATER SURVIVAL TRAINING PROGRAM (MCTWSP) REQUIREMENTS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MCO 1500.52D//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/NAVMC 3500.41A//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/MARADMIN 653-10//
NARR/REF A IS MCWTSP ORDER.  REF B IS TRAINING MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL. REF C IS MARADMIN THAT ANNOUNCED PUBLICATION OF MARINE CORPS ORDER (MCO) 1500.52D MCWSTP AND OUTLINED UPGRADE/RECERTIFICATION TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARINE COMBAT INSTRUCTORS OF WATER SURVIVAL (MCIWS).  THE REF ALSO ANNOUNCED 1 MARCH 2011 AS THE ANTICIPATED DATE WHEN TRANSITION TO FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW MCWSTP STANDARDS WOULD BEGIN.//
POC/BRIAN MCGUIRE/CIV/UNIT:TECOM GTD PHYSREAD/TEL: (703)784-0098/TEL:DSN 278-0098/EMAIL: BRIAN.J.MCGUIRE@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE: TO ANNOUNCE THE EFFECTIVE DATE WHEN MCWSTP REQUIREMENTS PUBLISHED IN MCO 1500.52D WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED MARINE CORPS-WIDE.
2.  BEGINNING 15 APR 2011, MCWSTP STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS PUBLISHED IN REFS (A) AND (B) ARE EFFECTIVE.
3.  TWENTY (20) UPGRADE/RECERTIFICATION TRAINING SESSIONS FOR MCIWS'S ON THE NEW MCWSTP WERE CONDUCTED AT VARIOUS CONUS AND OCONUS LOCATIONS FROM NOVEMBER 2010-MARCH 2011. ALL NON-UPDATED MCIWS REQUIRING UPDATE TRAINING MUST CONTACT EITHER EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE TRAINING GROUP PACIFIC (EWTGPAC) OR MARINE CORPS WATER SURVIVAL SCHOOL (MCWSS).
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//