Marine Corps Taking Training Out of the Industrial Age
12/16/2019
By Yasmin Tadjdeh
When Gen. David Berger, commandant of the Marine Corps, took the helm of the service earlier this year, he laid out a number of priorities that he would focus on during his tenure. These included force design; warfighting; core values; command and leadership; and education and training.
For officials at Training and Education Command, a renewed focus on training is a welcomed message, said Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen, commanding general of TECOM.
“For a lot of good reasons, previous commandants have made Training and Education Command a bill payer for ... what they deemed to be more important areas,†he told National Defense. While that was understandable due to tight budgets, it led to the command being “kind of like second fiddle.â€
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/12/16/marine-corps-taking-training-out-of-the-industrial-age
