Marine Corps Expeditionary Combat Skills Training (MCECST) was originally Chaplain and Religious Program Specialist Expeditionary Skills Training (CREST-RP), and was established in October 1996 at the Field Medical Service School, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune (renamed Field Medical Training Battalion in 2007).
The purpose of MCECST is to train Navy Occupational Specialty (NOS) B720 in the skills essential for combat survival, delivery of religious program support in an expeditionary environment, and the several associated technical, military tactical, and defensive techniques required for duty with the Marine Corps operating forces.
CONTENT:
ANNEX A - USMC Orientation
MCRD-HIST-1001/02/03 Marine Corps History
MCRD-HIST-1004 Rank Structure of the USMC
MCRD-LDR-1015 Marine Corps Leadership
MCRD-MGTF-1001/2/3 Mission & Organization of USMC
MCRD-UNIF-1001/02/05/06 Marine Corps Uniforms
MCRD-UNIF-1003/04 Civilian Attire and Personal Appearance
ANNEX B - Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
MCRD-TAN-1001 Apply the Fundamentals of MCMAP
MCRD-TAN-1002 Execute Punches
MCRD-TAN-1003 Execute Falls
MCRD-TAN-1004 Execute Bayonet Techniques
MCRD-TAN-1005 Execute Upper Body Strikes
MCRD-TAN-1006 Lower Body Strikes
MCRD-TAN-1007 Execute Chokes
MCRD-TAN-1008 Execute Legs Sweeps
MCRD-TAN-1009 Execute Counters to Strikes
MCRD-TAN-1010 Counters to Chokes and Holds
MCRD-TAN-1011 Unarmed Manipulations
MCRD-TAN-1012 Execute Armed Manipulations
MCRD-TAN-1013 Execute Knife Techniques
ANNEX C - Combat Life Saver
MCRD-MED-1013/14 Treat Heat or Cold Injury
ANNEX D - Ministry In Combat
2401-ADMN-2002 Manage a Marine Corps Command Religious Program (CRP)
2401-ADMN-2003 Religions/Practices Brief
2401-MED-2005 Religious Ministry Support in a Mass Casualty
2401-OPS-2001 Facilitate Religious Ministry in an Expeditionary Environment
2401-OPS-2002 Memorial Ceremony
2401-PAT-2001 Religious Ministry Team Force Protection
MCRD-LDR-1001 Personal Assistance
MCRD-LDR-1007 Operational Culture
MCRD-LDR-1016/17/19 Combat Leadership
MCRD-LDR-1018 Combat Operational Stress Control
MCRD-LDR-1021/22/23 Code of Conduct and Your Rights and Obligations as a Prisoner of War
ANNEX E - USMC Combat Skills
MCRD-CBRN-1001 Employ the Field Protective Mask (FPM)
MCRD-COMM-1001 Hand and Arm Signals
MCRD-IND-1002 Camouflage Self and Equipment
MCRD-IND-1003 Field Sanitation
MCRD-IND-1004 March Under an Assault Load
MCRD-PAT-1002/3 Introduction to Basic Map Reading, the Lensatic Compass, & Land Navigation
MCRD-PAT-1005 Individual Movement Techniques
MCT-CMBH-1001/02/03/04 Combat Hunter
MCT-COMM-1002 Limited Visibility Devices
MCT-COMM-1003/04 Radio Communications
MCT-DEF-1001/2 Defensive Fundamentals
MCT-IED-1001/2 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)
MCT-IND-1004 Maintain Sleep Hygiene
MCT-MOUT-1001 Military Operations on Urban Terrain
MCT-PAT-1001/3/4/5 Patrolling Fundamentals
ANNEX G - Rifle Familiarization
Marine Corps Reference Publication 3-01A, Rifle Marksmanship
