New ‘Battle Skills Test’ for all Marines starts in 2018
Sounds like a good plan. It would be interesting to see the task list.
It may have been a long time since you were a boot, but it’s time to brush up on what you learned at the very beginning of your Marine Corps career.Starting in January, Marines will be tested on 30 of the 178 common skills that recruits learn at boot camp and the School of Infantry or Marine Combat Training, the Corps announced on Thursday.
All Marines —from privates through general officers — will have to pass the Battle Skills Test annually, according to MARADMIN 693/17. The test will cover a variety of skills that fall in the following categories: basic infantry skills, communications, first aid, history, leadership and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller approved the list of skills to be tested, which are useful for Marines in garrison and in battle, said Lt. Col. Stuart Glenn, of Training and Education Command.