USMC Certification of Current Jumpmasters on the MC-6 Parachute System

1. PURPOSE. THIS IS A DC, PP&O, CG, MARCORSYSCOM, 
AND CG, TECOM COORDINATED MESSAGE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS 
TO PROMULGATE USMC POLICY REGARDING THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION 
OF CURRENT USMC JUMPMASTERS ON THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM AND TO 
DIRECT TASKS TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY.
2. BACKGROUND. THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM IS THE REPLACEMENT TO THE
MC1-1C/D PARACHUTE HARNESS AND RESERVE CANOPY. FIELDING OF THE 
MC-6 SYSTEM TO THE OPERATING FORCES WILL BEGIN IN JUNE 2007, AT 
WHICH TIME THE SCHEDULED PHASE-OUT OF THE LEGACY SYSTEM WILL BEGIN.
A. REF (A) IDENTIFIES USAIS AS THE APPROVING AUTHORITY FOR ALL
USMC-SANCTIONED JUMPMASTER COURSES. JUMPMASTER STUDENTS ATTENDING 
THESE COURSES ARE CURRENTLY TRAINED ON THE MC-6, HOWEVER 
JUMPMASTERS TRAINED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 2006 WERE NOT. THE FIELDING 
OF THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE ALL USMC JUMPMASTERS TO 
BE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED ON THIS NEW SYSTEM.
B. REF (B) GRANTED THE USMC CONDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO TRAIN AND 
CERTIFY CURRENT JUMPMASTERS ON THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM. THIS 
CONDITIONAL AUTHORITY REQUIRES THAT SELECT USMC JUMPASTERS BE 
TRAINED AND CERTIFIED BY USAIS TO PROVIDE THIS TRAINING TO OTHER 
USMC JUMPMASTERS.
C. THE USMC MC-6 NEW EQUIPMENT TRAINING TEAM (NETT) CONSISTS OF 
MEMBERS OF THE TECOM AIRBORNE MOBILE TRAINING TEAM (AMTT) AND THE 
MARCORSYSCOM RAIDS & RECON PARACHUTING PROGRAM TEAM. AS PART OF 
THE MC-6 FIELDING PLAN, THE NETT WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR 
TRAINING CURRENT USMC JUMPMASTERS IN MC-6 JUMPMASTER PROCEDURES.
3. POLICY. TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN REF (B), THE 
USMC MC-6 NETT WILL PARTICIPATE IN MC-6 TRAIN-THE-TRAINER (T3) 
TRAINING AT USAIS, FT BENNING GA IN MARCH 2007. USMC MC-6 NETT 
MEMBERS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE MC-6 T3 TRAINING WILL BE 
CERTIFIED AS JUMPMASTER INSTRUCTORS. PER REF (B), THESE INSTRUCTORS 
WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO TRAIN AND CERTIFY CURRENT AND QUALIFIED USMC 
JUMPMASTERS ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE MC-6 PARACHUTE SYSTEM. UNLESS 
EXTENDED OR TERMINATED BY SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE, THIS 
AUTHORIZATION WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 DEC 2008. ADDITIONAL 
ASSOCIATED RESTRICTIONS/REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. USMC JUMPMASTERS TRAINED AT USAIS-APPROVED JUMPMASTER COURSES 
PRIOR TO OCTOBER 2006 ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM JUMPMASTER 
DUTIES FOR MC-6 PARACHUTE OPERATIONS/TRAINING UNTIL THEY ARE TRAINED 
AND CERTIFIED TO DO SO BY THE NETT.
B. THE USMC MC-6 NETT MUST CONDUCT USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER 
CERTIFICATION TRAINING IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ACTUAL JUMPMASTER 
REFRESHER TRAINING EVENT. MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION TRAINING 
WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH NO GREATER THAN A 4:1 STUDENT-TO-INSTRUCTOR 
RATIO.
C. THE FIRST ITERATION OF USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION 
TRAINING CONDUCTED BY THE NETT WILL BE ASSESSED AND VALIDATED BY
1/507 PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT (PIR) SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND 
USAIS QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES. PRIOR TO THIS AND ANY 
SUBSEQUENT ITERATIONS, USMC MC-6 NETT WILL CONTACT JUMPMASTER 
BRANCH, 1/507 PIR FOR ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM OF 
INSTRUCTION (POI).
D. UPON COMPLETION OF ANY USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION 
TRAINING, USMC MC-6 NETT WILL SUBMIT BY-NAME ROSTERS OF PERSONNEL 
NEWLY CERTIFIED TO PERFORM MC-6 JUMPMASTER DUTIES TO JUMPMASTER 
BRANCH, 1/507 PIR. ADDITIONALLY, THE USMC MC-6 NETT WILL 
COORDINATE AND SUPERVISE THE ENTRY OF ALL TRAINING ROSTERS INTO 
THE JUMP/DIVE REPORTING SYSTEM (JDRS), ONCE OPERATIONAL.
E. EACH STUDENT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER
CERTIFICATION TRAINING WILL RECEIVE A TECOM-APPROVED CERTIFICATE 
FROM THE USMC MC-6 NETT. THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTERED INTO 
MC-6 JUMPMASTERS' LOCAL UNIT AND INDIVIDUAL TRAINING RECORDS, AS 
WELL AS OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF).
5. TASKS.
A. CG, TECOM
(1) NLT 28 FEB 07, COORDINATE THE ATTENDANCE OF DESIGNATED USMC
PERSONNEL AT USAIS MC-6 JUMPMASTER T3 TRAINING WITH JUMPMASTER 
BRANCH, 1/507 PIR.
(2) COORDINATE THE CONDUCT OF USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION
TRAINING WITH UNITS AS REQUIRED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MARCORSYSCOM 
MC-6 FIELDING PLANS.
(3) PRIOR TO THE FIRST ITERATION OF USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER 
CERTIFICATION TRAINING, COORDINATE ALL US ARMY OVERSIGHT/QUALITY 
ASSURANCE PARTICIPATION IN THE CONDUCT OF SAID TRAINING.
(4) PRIOR TO EACH ITERATION OF MC-6 JUMPMASTER TRAINING, CONTACT 
1/507 PIR FOR ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES TO THE POI IAW PARAGRAPH 4C, 
ABOVE.
(5) UPON THE CONCLUSION OF EACH MC-6 JUMPMASTER TRAINING EVENT, 
PROVIDE BY-NAME ROSTERS OF PERSONNEL NEWLY CERTIFIED TO PERFORM 
MC-6 JUMPMASTER DUTIES TO JUMPMASTER BRANCH, 1/507 PIR.
(6) UPON THE CONCLUSION OF EACH MC-6 JUMPMASTER TRAINING EVENT,
COORDINATE AND SUPERVISE THE ENTRY OF ALL ROSTERS INTO THE 
JUMP/DIVE REPORTING SYSTEM (JDRS), ONCE OPERATIONAL.
(7) UPON THE CONCLUSION OF EACH MC-6 JUMPMASTER TRAINING EVENT, 
GENERATE AND PROMULGATE AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR 
USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION TRAINING.
B. CG, MARCORSYSCOM
(1) PROMULGATE THE MC-6 FIELDING PLAN.
(2) FUND MC-6 NETT ATTENDANCE AT MC-6 JUMPMASTER T3 TRAINING.
(3) FUND ALL ASPECTS OF USMC MC-6 NETT PARTICIPATION IN USMC
MC-6 JUMPMASTER CERTIFICATION TRAINING.
(4) FUND ALL ASPECTS OF US ARMY OVERSIGHT/QUALITY ASSURANCE
PARTICIPATION IN THE CONDUCT OF USMC MC-6 JUMPMASTER 
CERTIFICATION TRAINING.
6. POINTS OF CONTACT
A. DC, PP&O POC IS MAJ BRIAN GILMAN, (703) 692-4306,
BRIAN.GILMAN@USMC.MIL.
B. MARCORSYSCOM POC IS MAJ ANTHONY FAUST, (703) 784-9761,
ANTHONY.FAUST@USMC.MIL.
C. TECOM POC IS MAJ JOHN ARMELLINO, (703) 784-3044,
JOHN.ARMELLINO@USMC.MIL.
D. USAIS POC IS MR. TOM FOSTER, (706) 545-6270.