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Fire Support Coordination course now available

Marine Corps News

Story Identification #: 2005520101810
Story by Sgt. Donald Bohanner


MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (May 19, 2005) -- “Charlie 59, this is Delta 37, SEAD, over. Suppression, direction 1640, distance 2500; Mark, direction 1680, distance 3500, over. SA-6 dug-in, Q, illumination mark continuous. CAS TOT1011, over. Viper 7, this is D37; are you prepared to copy 9-line?”

Fire Support Coordination course is now active on MarineNet.

This five-hour, interactive course was designed for Marine captains throughout the fleet Marine force who are responsible for conducting basic fire support planning.

However, this training would be beneficial for any Marine artillery officers, staff noncommissioned officers and NCOs or ground combat arms small unit leaders who conduct basic fire support planning. The expertise provided for this course was by the Expeditionary Warfare School.

The scope of training includes an introduction to targeting and scheduling, restrictive and permissive fire support control measures, and aviation integration.

The Fire Support Coordination self-paced course focuses on three key areas:
Targeting and scheduling products, including naming conventions, targets and worksheets.

Fire support coordinating measures, including permissive and restrictive Close air support, including integration, requests, and forms. This online course is designed to support EWS professional military education.

The Fire Support Coordination course is available in the MarineNet Course Catalog.  Log on to MarineNet, go to the Course Catalog section, select Professional Military Education Courses, select Expeditionary Warfare School, and then Fire Support Coordination in the course listing. The course can also be found by searching for course code 0801AO.

The College of Continuing Education develops the professional competence of U.S. armed services, international, and civilian students by formulating and implementing professional military education and training through distance learning. This is accomplished through a worldwide network of satellite campuses and learning resource centers.

According to the MarineNet Web site, their mission is to design, develop, deliver, evaluate and manage distance learning products and programs across the Marine Corps Training and Education Continuum in order to increase operational readiness of the Marine Corps.

Most of the MarineNet programs and courses concentrate on the leadership, war fighting and staff development skills of the nation’s military, and feature the educational standards, learning areas and learning objectives of the joint professional military education program required by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

According to the MarineNet Web site, through a variety of distance learning delivery systems, the programs are accessible globally, thus preparing graduates to perform more effectively in service, joint, and multinational environments at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of war as well as in situations ranging from humanitarian assistance to combat.

The Marine Corps’ online learning network provides Marines with access to both military and civilian education programs. It contains libraries of exciting and challenging online courses accessible from any computer on base or through the Internet with high-speed access. MarineNet offers courses 24 hours a day, seven days a week and allows students to take tests online and receive credit. Information about available courses and learning resource center locations can be found on the CCE MarineNet site. Access to MarineNet courseware is available through the MarineNet Logon link.

MarineNet is the Marine Corps’ online learning network that provides Marines with access to both military and civilian education programs. MarineNet offers more than 760 courses from “Cultural Awareness” to “Graphic and Air control measures,” and custom Marine Corps training courses and business and information technology courses 24 hours a day, seven days a week. MarineNet allows students to take tests online and receive credit. Some classes are transferable for college credit, depending on individual college requirements.

For more information, contact the MarineNet help desk at (888) 4DL-USMC (435-8762) or submit a support request via the www.marinenet. usmc.mil.