FISCAL YEAR 2025 COMPETITION IN ARMS PROGRAM

MARADMINS : 416/24

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MARADMIN 416/24
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2025 COMPETITION-IN-ARMS PROGRAM//
REF/A/MCO 3574.2M/6 APR 2022//
REF/B/DOC/CD&I/20181119//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 3574.2M, MARINE CORPS COMBAT MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAMS.
REF B IS THE MARINE CORPS RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP LETHALITY
CAPABILITIES-BASED ASSESSMENT.//
POC/BODZIOCH, J.R./CAPT/OIC MARINE CORPS SHOOTING TEAM/
TEL: DSN 432-6952/COMM: (703) 432-6952//
POC/CAPKO, N.W./MSGT/SNCOIC MARINE CORPS SHOOTING TEAM/
TEL: DSN 278-5104/COMM: (703) 784-5104//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. To announce the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25)
Competition-In-Arms Program (CIAP) regional Marine Corps Marksmanship
Competitions (MCMC) and Marine Corps Championships.
2. Background. The primary objective of the CIAP is to stimulate
interest and desire for self-improvement in marksmanship and to
enhance proficiency within the Marine Corps in the use of individual
small arms by refining precision marksmanship skills and combat
marksmanship skills through advanced marksmanship training and
competition. MCMCs provide an opportunity to refine the fundamental
skills that make a Marine lethal on the battlefield and able to
deliver lethal force in a dynamic environment in accordance with the
Marine Corps Rifle Marksmanship Lethality Capabilities-Based
Assessment.
2.a. The Marine Corps Shooting Team (MCST) coordinates and
facilitates five regional marksmanship competitions. These are held
annually at: Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico, National Capital
Region (NCR); Camp Butler, Far East; MCB Hawaii, Pacific;
Camp Pendleton, West; and Camp Lejeune, East. The Marine Corps
Championship Match is held at MCB Quantico. The MCMCs will consist of
5 total training days over a 1-week period. MCMC locations with
regular attendance greater than 150 Marines will have a second,
separate, week to accommodate additional attendance.
2.b. Marines who participate in the FY25 CIAP will receive advanced
marksmanship instruction, and opportunity to compete in individual
rifle and pistol competition, and opportunity to compete in and team
rifle and pistol competition. In addition to receiving advanced
marksmanship training within the action shooting rifle and pistol
disciplines, Marines attending the regional MCMCs will have the
opportunity to learn to accurately engage Tracked Mobile Infantry
Targets as well as night vision device marksmanship techniques.
3. FY25 CIAP Schedule.
3.a. MCMC NCR, 17 - 25 October 2024.
3.a.1. Hosting Commander: Commanding Officer, Weapons Training
Battalion (WTBn) Quantico.
3.a.2. Hosting Unit: WTBn Quantico.
3.a.3. Registration No Later Than (NLT): 15 October 2024.
3.a.4. Check in, knowledge check and zero: 17 - 18 October 2024.
3.a.5. Live-fire training days: 18 - 25 October 2024.
3.a.6. Awards ceremony: 25 October 2024.
3.b. MCMC Far East, 5 - 20 December 2024.
3.b.1. Hosting Commander: Commanding General, MCB Camp Smedley D.
Butler.
3.b.2. Hosting Unit: Formal Marksmanship Training Center, Marine
Corps Installations Pacific aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa.
3.b.3. Registration NLT: 3 December 2024.
3.b.4. Check in, knowledge check and zero (Block 1):
5 - 6 December 2024.
3.b.5. Live-fire training days (Block 1): 6 - 12 December 2024.
3.b.6. Check in, knowledge check and zero (Block 2):
12 - 13 December 2024.
3.b.7. Live-fire training days (Block 2): 13 - 20 December 2024.
3.b.8. Awards ceremony: 20 December 2024.
3.c. MCMC Pacific, 23 - 31 January 2025.
3.c.1. Hosting Commander: Commanding Officer, MCB Hawaii.
3.c.2. Hosting Unit: Pu'uloa Range Training Facility.
3.c.3. Registration NLT: 22 January 2025.
3.c.4. Check in, knowledge check and zero: 23 - 24 January 2025.
3.c.5. Live-fire training days: 27 - 31 January 2025.
3.c.6. Awards ceremony: 31 January 2025.
3.d. MCMC West, 6 - 21 February 2025.
3.d.1. Hosting Commander: Commanding General, Marine Corps
Installations West - MCB Camp Pendleton.
3.d.2. Hosting Unit: Marksmanship Training Branch, Marine Corps
Installations West.
3.d.3. Registration NLT: 4 February 2025.
3.d.4. Check in, knowledge check and zero (Block 1):
6 - 7 February 2025.
3.d.5. Live-fire training days (Block 1): 7 - 13 February 2025.
3.d.6. Check in, knowledge check and zero (Block 2):
13 - 14 February 2025.
3.d.7. Live-fire training days (Block 2): 14 - 21 February 2025.
3.d.8. Awards ceremony: 21 February 2025.
3.e. MCMC East, 27 February - 14 March 2025.
3.e.1. Hosting Commander: Commanding General, Marine Corps
Installations East - MCB Camp Lejeune.
3.e.2. Hosting Unit: WTBN, MCB Camp Lejeune.
3.e.3. Registration NLT: 25 February 2025.
3.e.4. Check in, knowledge check and zero (Block 1):
27 - 28 February 2025.
3.e.5. Live-fire training days (Block 1): 28 February - 6 March 2025.
3.e.6. Check in, knowledge check and zero (Block 2):
6 - 7 March 2025.
3.e.7. Live-fire training days (Block 2): 7 - 14 March 2025.
3.e.8. Awards ceremony: 14 March 2025.
3.f. Marine Corps Championships, 7 - 18 April 2025.
3.f.1. Hosting
Commander: Commanding General, Training Command.
3.f.2. Hosting Unit: WTBn Quantico.
3.f.3. Registration NLT: 5 April 2025.
3.f.4. Live-fire training days: 7 - 18 April 2025.
3.f.5. Award ceremony: 18 April 2025.
4. Tasks.
4.a. Hosting Commands
4.a.1. Tasks, requirements, and coordinating instructions are
provided via PDF document titled "FY25 CIAP Schedule and Coordinating
Instructions". Download document at
https:(slant)(slant)trngcmd.usmc.afpims.mil/Units/Weapons-
Training-Battalion/Marine-Corps-Shooting-Teams/.
5. Coordinating Instructions
5.a. The MCST will continue to post updated information on its
social media accounts: Facebook, USMC Shooting Team; Instagram,
usmcshootingteam.
5.b. The Small Arms Marksmanship Competition order, MCO 3591.2L, is
currently in final review before signature. This order will serve as
the foundation of planning, awards issuance, and team construct. The
MCST has also developed an Action Shooting Rule Book to ensure all
MCMCs are fair, safe, and consistent. Questions concerning how a MCMC
will be evaluated should be directed to the point of contacts listed
in this message.
6. This MARADMIN expires on 30 September 2025.
7. Release authorized by Lieutenant General Benjamin T. Watson,
Commanding General, Training and Education Command.//