Active Reserve (AR) Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Total Force Integration Staff Training (TFIST) Continuum Course Dates

1.  Purpose.  Reserve Affairs (RA) annually conducts
Total Force Integration Staff Training (TFIST) Continuum Courses as 
Professional Military Education (PME) for Active Reserve (AR) 
officers and senior enlisted Marines.  The following are the 
established FY25 dates for Basic TFIST, Advanced TFIST (A-TFIST), 
Senior TFIST Symposium (S-TFIST), and Enlisted TFIST (E-TFIST).  All
courses will be conducted at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA.
2.  Basic TFIST:  Session 1, 22-24 October 2024; Session 2, 18-20 
March 2025.  The target audience for Basic TFIST are newly accessed 
AR officers.  Marines shall attend only one of the two sessions. 
2.a.  This course orients AR officers to their roles and 
responsibilities as members of the AR Program and provides the 
opportunity to discuss contemporary Reserve Component (RC) issues 
with their peers, develop camaraderie, and prepare for successful 
tours as reserve integrators.  
2.b.  Accessed AR officers are required to complete Basic TFIST to be
considered for AR career designation.  
3.  A-TFIST:  7-9 May 2025.  AR officers must have completed Basic 
TFIST to be eligible to attend A-TFIST. 
3.a.  The purpose of A-TFIST is to further educate field grade AR 
officers who serve in critical reserve integration billets. 
3.b.  As AR officers progress within their careers, it is necessary 
to ensure they receive ongoing, relevant training to support their RC
 integration roles.  This course consists of instruction and material
which enable AR officers to succeed in senior assignments such as 
Reserve Integration Officers and Reserve Liaison Officers, Individual
Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Operational Sponsors, and other billets 
focused on reserve integration. 
4.  S-TFIST:  26-27 August 2025.  Registration is open for all AR 
colonels and AR colonel-selects.
4.a.  This symposium is an open forum discussion designed for senior 
AR officers to receive and discuss the latest Marine Corps 
initiatives and potential impacts to the RC.  S-TFIST also provides 
participants the opportunity to discuss AR senior leader roles within
reserve advocacy.  
5.  E-TFIST:  7-9 May 2025.  E-TFIST is for AR staff noncommissioned 
officers (SNCOs).  
5.a.  This course orients AR SNCOs to their roles and 
responsibilities as senior enlisted members of the AR Program and how
to effectively serve as reserve integrators in support of the Marine 
Corps Total Force.  
6.  Application Timelines 
6.a.  AR officers requesting to attend FY25 Basic TFIST Session 1 
must respond with a request for registration NLT 20 September 2024 
via the organizational mailbox: JOINAR@USMC.MIL.  
6.b.  AR officers requesting to attend FY25 Basic TFIST Session 2 
must respond with a request for registration NLT 14 February 2025 via
 the organizational mailbox: JOINAR@USMC.MIL.  
6.c.  AR officers requesting to attend FY25 A-TFIST must respond with
 a request for registration NLT 14 February 2025 via the 
organizational mailbox: JOINAR@USMC.MIL.
6.d.  AR SNCOs requesting to attend FY25 E-TFIST must respond with a 
request for registration NLT 14 February 2025 via the organizational 
mailbox: RA-RETENTION@USMC.MIL.
6.e.  AR colonels and colonel-selects will be contacted via separate
correspondence to attend the FY25 S-TFIST Symposium.  
7.  The class sizes for Basic TFIST, A-TFIST, and E-TFIST are limited
to 25 students per course and registration approvals will be 
prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis.  Should requests 
exceed the respective maximum class size, Reserve Affairs will 
prioritize attendance based upon respective AR officer or AR SNCO 
billet assignments.  
8.  Release authorized by Major General K. D. Pierson, Director, 
Reserve Affairs Division.