Resident Professional Military Education (PME) Credit for the Infantry Unit Leaders Course (IULC)

1. THE IULC PROVIDES INFANTRY MARINES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE 
AND SKILLS REQUIRED BY AN INFANTRY UNIT LEADER, MOS 0369, TO 
SERVE AS A RIFLE PLATOON SERGEANT, MACHINEGUN SECTION LEADER, 
HEAVY MACHINEGUN PLATOON SERGEANT, 60MM MORTAR SECTION LEADER, 
81MM MORTAR SECTION LEADER, JAVELIN SECTION LEADER, ANTIARMOR 
PLATOON SERGEANT, OR ANTITANK (TOW) SECTION LEADER. THE COURSE
ENCOMPASSES TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN TACTICAL SKILLS SUCH AS 
GUNNERY AND WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT, AS WELL AS IN AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS MILITARY JUSTICE AND WRITTEN/VERBAL 
COMMUNICATION. UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE MARINE IS 
CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY PERFORMING IN THE ABOVE-MENTIONED BILLETS. 
IT IS THE PRIMARY RESIDENT EPMET COURSE FOR 03XX STAFF SERGEANTS.
2. IN RECOGNITION OF THE PME REQUIREMENTS MET THROUGH ATTENDANCE 
AT IULC, THE FOLLOWING PME POLICY IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: ALL 
MARINES THAT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE IULC, IN ADDITION TO THE SNCO 
CAREER DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE, SHALL RECEIVE CREDIT FOR HAVING 
ATTENDED THE RESIDENT SNCO ACADEMY CAREER COURSE AND BE CONSIDERED 
PME COMPLETE. COMPLETION OF THE SNCO CAREER DISTANCE EDUCATION 
COURSE IS NOT REQUIRED PRIOR TO ATTENDANCE AT IULC, BUT MUST BE 
COMPLETED PRIOR TO BEING CERITFIED AS PME COMPLETE. 
3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS POLICY MARINES WHO ATTENDED THE IULC 
PILOT COURSE ARE GRANDFATHERED AND SHALL RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE 
RESIDENT SNCO ACADEMY CAREER COURSE, ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE SNCO 
CAREER DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE. 
4. PME EQUIVALENCY FOR IULC COMPLETION SHALL BE DOCUMENTED BY A 
PME EQUIVALENCY CODE L86 ENTRY IN MCTFS.