MCO 1553.3C - Unit Training Management (UTM) Program

Scope

MCO 1553.3C establishes the Marine Corps Unit Training Management (UTM) Program. The order defines roles and responsibilities for Unit Training Managers, sets standards for MCTIMS calendar documentation, and prescribes requirements for training plan development, METL management, event scheduling, exception processing, and training documentation. The order applies to all Marine Corps units and integrates with the Marine Corps Training and Readiness (T&R) framework established by MCO P3500.72A.

Audience

Unit Training Managers (UTMs) use this order as the primary procedural reference for running the unit training program. Commanders use it for METL management and training plan approval. S-1 admin specialists and 0170 Personnel Officers use it in managing the administrative component of the training management program and the 01XX T&R events.

Chapter map

The order contains four chapters and associated enclosures. Chapter 1 provides purpose, scope, and applicability. Chapter 2 defines responsibilities by echelon from CMC through unit UTMs. Chapter 3 covers the UTM program structure. Chapter 4 contains the detailed procedural requirements for METL review, training plan development, MCTIMS entry, event scheduling, exception documentation, and AAR recording.

Operative content

• UTM roles. Paragraph 4.c.(5) establishes the UTM's documentation responsibilities in MCTIMS, including T&R event association (paragraph 4.c.(5)(c)) and exception documentation (paragraph 4.c.(5)(h)).
• METL update triggers. Paragraph 4.b.(6)(e) requires METL review and update annually, within 45 days of change of command, and within 15 days of a new mission assignment. IGMC and MCAAT UTM functional area inspectors check MCTIMS against these triggers.
• Training exception documentation. Paragraph 4.c.(5) requires all training exceptions (defer, waive, delinquent) to be documented in MCTIMS with the basis for the exception and the approving authority's decision.
• T&R event association. Paragraph 4.c.(5)(c) requires association of each MCTIMS calendar entry with the applicable T&R event code from the T&R Manual for the MOS or collective event involved.
• AAR documentation. Paragraph 4.c.(5)(h) requires AAR results to be documented in MCTIMS within the training calendar entry following completion of each scheduled T&R event.

Connection to higher policy

Published by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, sponsored by TECOM Schools Division, and applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force. The portal registry links no DoD or SECNAV parent directive to this order. MCO P3500.72A Marine Corps Ground Training and Readiness Program supplies the T&R framework, event coding, CRP rules, and exception definitions the UTM program executes.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• NAVMC 3500.3E Manpower and Administration Training and Readiness Manual. T-R Manual for MOS 0102, 0111, 0170.
• MCRP 7-20A.2 Event and Exercise Design and MCRP 7-20A.5 Training Data Management. Doctrinal publications whose portal registry entries cross-reference this order.
• MCO 1500.63A Marine Corps Common Military Training Requirements. Registry entry cross-references this order.
• MCTIMS. Marine Corps Training Information Management System. Primary system of record for UTM calendar and documentation.
• Portal admin training-sustainment pages, covering UTM roles and functions, annual METL review, MCTIMS calendar documentation, training exceptions, and evaluator designation in writing, cite this order.

Status

Current. MCPEL article 899431. Supersedes MCO 1553.3B. The UTM Functional Area (FA number 1553.3) is an IGMC and MCAAT inspection area with an FA checklist published by TECOM.