Execute and enable Security Detachment programs, training, planning, and activities in order to ensure unity of effort in support of USMC and Regional Marine Component Command (MARFOR) objectives and in coordination with the operating forces and MAGTF(s).
Security Cooperation Training Detachment (Attn: Your Name) 937 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, Virginia 23459
SCTD has four unique elements beyond the conventional staff organization found in every Marine headquarters: - The Engagement Branch assist the regional Marine Forces headquarters in coordinating, planning, and executing SC events. The Engagement Branch has a dedicated regional section aligned to each MARFOR who specialize in their respective geographic area. -The Assessment Branch plans, coordinates, and executes Foreign Security Force (FSF) and combined formation Assessments IOT support Geographic Combatant Command (GCC), Marine Force (MARFOR), and Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) Security Cooperation (SC) Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AM&E) efforts and initiatives. - The Training Branch provides SC related training to active duty and reserve Marines tailored to the region and the anticipated SC mission. Elements of the Training Branch can also deploy forward to provide Mobile Training Teams in support of regional Marine Forces Headquarters. - The Security Assistance (SA) Branch coordinates, manages, and executes U.S. Marine Corps Security Assistance education and training programs. International student training includes formal, informal, and distance learning in the U.S. or overseas.
SC Training & Education Train and Educate advisors, SC planners, and SC practitioners from across the Marine Corps Total Force. Foreign Security Force Assessments Assess foreign security forces (FSF) in support of Service and regional MARFORs executing AM&E tasks. Security Assistance Plan, coordinate, manage, and execute international student training and education at USMC schools. SC Engagement Planning Support Support regional MARFORs and Fleet Marine Forces in planning and executing security cooperation activities.
Commercial: 757-962-4430 ext: 2241 DSN: 438-4430, ext: 2241
You will report for duty to: Commanding Officer, SCTD 937 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA 23459 DSN 438-4430, ext: 2241 or commercial 757-962-4430 ext: 2241 In case of an emergency, after hours, or on weekends call the Officer of the Day at 757-390-9300.
The uniform for check-in is the Service “A” uniform.
Security Cooperation Training Detachment (SCTD) is the merger of the Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group (MCTAG) and the Marine Corps Security Cooperation Education and Training Center (SCETC). This combined command was officially established on 1 October, 2011 aboard Fort Story, VA in the former MCTAG compound. SCTD continues a long tradition of security cooperation that dates to the 1920s and '30s when the Marine Corps trained the Gendarmerie d'Haiti and the Guardia Nacional of Nicaragua.
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