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MCO 1500.59 MARINE CORPS MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM (MCMAP) By Admin | November 8, 2019 MCO 1500.59 Includes refinement of training hours necessary to earn various belts, updated injury prevention guidelines and reporting requirements, and a re-emphasis on the role MCMAP has in complementing a marine's mental and character development. MORE

SOLICITATION OF ACTION ITEMS FOR THE FITNESS OPERATIONAL ADVISORY GROUP By Force fitness division | August 19, 2019 Do you have something you would like to change about the PFT/CFT, Marine Corps fitness, MORE

Lt. Gen. Eric Smith takes command of combat development command By Sgt. Shaehmus Sawyer | Marine Corps Base Quantico | June 13, 2019 MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, the commanding general of Marine Corps MORE

FORTHCOMING CHANGE TO THE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST (PFT) By Force fitness division | June 7, 2019 MARADMIN: FORTHCOMING CHANGE TO THE PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST (PFT) MORE

Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual Update By Admin | June 5, 2019 The Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual is designed to provide uniformity and standardization for all Marine Corps organizations. This Order prescribes procedures for all close order drill and military ceremonial evolutions. MORE

Berger Confirmed as 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps By Headquarters Marine Corps Maj. Brian Block | June 12, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. --Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development MORE

President Trump Nominates Next Commandant of the Marine Corps By Capt Christopher Harrison | March 27, 2019 President Donald J. Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. David H. Berger to serve as the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced today. This appointment is pending Senate confirmation. MORE

US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts By LOLITA C. BALDOR, AP | February 20, 2019 The exercise is designed to train troops for the next war — one the U.S. believes will be against a more capable, high-tech enemy like Russia, North Korea or China. The weather conditions on the mountain mimic the kind of frigid fight that forces could face in one of those future hotspots. MORE

Military.com: First Woman Graduates from Marines’ Winter Mountain Leader Course By Military.com | January 15, 2019 U.S. Marine Corps, Sgt. Tara-Lyn Baker, from Benton, Pennsylvania, talks about reaching her limits as a Marine during the Winter Mountain Leader Course aboard Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC), Bridgeport, Calif. MORE

MCSC: NETWORKING ON THE MOVE (NOTM) FAMILY OF SYSTEMS (FOS) By Concepts and Programs | December 13, 2018 Description NOTM FoS is a Satellite Communications (SATCOM)-based on-the-move command and control MORE

Senate Holds Nomination Hearings for Navy, Marine Corps Chiefs By DVIDS | April 30, 2019 Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William F. Moran, nominated for reappointment to the rank of admiral and to be the next chief of naval operations, and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, nominated for promotion to the rank of general and to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps, testify during their nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, April 30, 2019. MORE

SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ON FISCAL YEAR 2020 NAVY MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS By SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE | April 10, 2019 The 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) identifies a requirement for forward-deployed naval forces that can compete against, deter, and if necessary defeat peer adversaries. As an essential element of those naval forces, Fleet Marine Forces must provide stand-in capabilities to the fleet to facilitate sea denial and sea control operations as part of an integrated naval defense-in-depth or broader naval campaign. Furthermore, the National Defense Strategy clearly identifies the need for change – and rapid change in the form of accelerated modernization in order to arrest and reverse any erosion of our competitive naval advantage. This includes major changes to your naval expeditionary force-in-readiness – the United States Marine Corps. MORE

Subcommittee on Tactical and Land Forces Hearing: Navy and Marine Corps Tactical Aviation and Ground Modernization By House Armed Services Committee | April 4, 2019 Video link to hearing here: https://armedservices.house.gov/2019/4/navy-and-marine-corpstactical-aviation-and-ground-modernization The Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee meets today for our first hearing of the 116th Congress. We’re going to review the tactical aviation and ground modernization programs for the Navy and Marine Corps that were included in the fiscal year 2020 budget request. MORE

AWIBC Keynote Remarks: LtGen Berger By | February 7, 2019 Thank you for inviting me to speak. Some Industry partners are here that I have worked with and MORE

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