MCO 1500.59A - Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (Mcmap)

Scope

MCO 1500.59A governs the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). The order was signed 2019-09-23, and the source PDF is on file from the 2026-04-28 archive snapshot. The opening section states the purpose.

The mental, moral, and physical resiliency of the Marine Corps’ warfighters will be of utmost importance to the Marine Corps winning battles in future conflicts. As a supporting effort to the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Program (MCPFP) in reference (a), Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) aims to strengthen the mental and moral resiliency of individual Marines through realistic combative training, warrior ethos studies, and physical hardening. This Order establishes procedures for effective management of [...]

Audience

• Commanders. Sustain MCMAP training and belt progression as part of unit readiness and the IGMC CoRE functional area inspection.
• Unit reporting clerks and S-1 sections. Enter MCMAP belt data into MCTFS accurately and on time.
• Leaders and section NCOs. Track belt progression, because belt level feeds junior enlisted promotion scoring.
• Marines. Advance belt levels through combative training, warrior ethos studies, and physical hardening.

Content scope

The order establishes procedures for program management as a supporting effort to the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Program. Repo evidence names no chapter structure. The MCPEL title is MARINE CORPS MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM (MCMAP).

Operative content

• Units report training data, including MCMAP belt qualifications, accurately within 5 days of the effective date. The MCAAT admin and training checklist cites this order beside MCO 6100.13A and MCO 3574.2M, with MCTFSPRIUM paragraphs 2-20103, 5-51202, 5-51213, 5-51301, and 5-51401.
• MCMAP belt level counts 12.5 percent of the JEPES score inside the Warfighting pillar. Portal JEPES pages carry this under the junior enlisted promotion framework.
• MCMAP is an IGMC CoRE functional area, FA number 1500.59, sponsored by TECOM (HPB). The published FA checklist carries an effective date of 2025-05-15.

Connection to higher policy

The order positions MCMAP as a supporting effort to the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Program under reference (a). Portal inspection checklists pair it with MCO 6100.13A, the physical fitness order, for training data reporting checks.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

MARADMIN 580/19, signed 2019-10-21, announced the release of this revision. Inspection checklist items pair the order with MCO 3574.2M for marksmanship data reporting and cite MARADMIN 474/21 alongside it. MCTFS holds the reported belt data through the MCTFSPRIUM entry codes.

Status

Signed 2019-09-23. MCPEL lists the order as Current, article 899428. It supersedes MCO 1500.59, whose release MARADMIN 645/10 announced on 2010-11-18. The external link opens the official landing page for the current version. One portal leader page labels MCO 1500.59 as Marine Corps Training Standards, a label in conflict with the MCMAP title on MCPEL. Verify the intended source during the next content review of the leader readiness page.