The Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) is the primary training command of the United States Marine Corps

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The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

It develops, coordinate, resource, execute, and evaluate training and education concepts, policies, plans, and programs for Marines to meet the challenges of operational environments.

Command within TECOM

There are two major commands that fall under TECOM – the Education Command and the Training Command.

Training Command

Training command has control over all of the training throughout the Marine Corps, including Recruit Training, Officer Candidate School and the various formal schools that train Marines throughout the world.

Some of the Major units within Training Command are:

• Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
  Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
  Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is a United States Marine Corps military installation in San Diego, California. It lies between San Diego Bay and Interstate 5, adjacent to San Diego International Airport and the former Naval Training Center San Diego...
  
  
• Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island
  Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island
  Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is an military installation located within Port Royal, South Carolina, approximately south of Beaufort, the community that is typically associated with the installation. MCRD Parris Island is used for the training of enlisted Marines...
  
  
• Officer Candidate School
  Officer Candidate School
  Officer Candidate School or Officer Cadet School are institutions which train civilians and enlisted personnel in order for them to gain a commission as officers in the armed forces of a country....
  
  
• The Basic School
• Communications School
  Communications School (United States Marine Corps)
  Communications School is where selected United States Marine Corps commissioned and warrant officers are sent to learn the art and science of planning and employing communications and performing command and staff duties.-Mission statement:To provide professional and technical training in the...
  
  

Education Command

Education Command governs all of the training plans and policies that are instituted Corps-wide. This includes the Marine Corps Institute (MCI) courses and the Command and Staff College.

Some of the Major units within Education command are:

• Marine Corps University
  Marine Corps University
  The Marine Corps University reports to the United States Marine Corps Training And Education Command. It was established on August 1, 1989 by General Alfred M...
  
  
• Marine Corps Command and Staff College
• Marine Corps Historical Division
• Marine Corps JROTC
  Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
  The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
  
  

Other commands

TECOM supervises a number of semi-autonomous commands that provide training and education to units throughout the Marine Corps.

• Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conducts training for aviation units, most notably the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
  Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
  Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma is a United States Marine Corps air station which is the home to multiple squadrons of AV-8B Harrier IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 , an air combat adversary...
  
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• Mountain Warfare Training Center
  Mountain Warfare Training Center
  The Mountain Warfare Training Center is a United States Marine Corps installation located in Pickel Meadows on California State Route 108 in the Toiyabe National Forest, 21 miles northwest of Bridgeport, California...
  
   trains air and ground units for warfare in mountainous, high-altitude, and cold weather environments.
• The MAGTF Staff Training Program (MSTP) focuses on training unit commanders and their staff on operations in joint (multi-service) and combined warfare units.
• The Tactical Training and Exercise Control group (TTECG) conducts several Combined Arms exercises a year called "Enhanced Mojave Viper" in support of Marine Corps units aboard MAGTFTC Twentynine Palms, California.
• Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) conducts training for battle staff teams of battalions and regiments, most notably the Operations and Tactics Instructor (OTI) Course, where students learn skills in intelligence, counterinsurgency operations, amphibious operations, joint and interagency integration, and campaign planning.