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Marines with Corporals Course 4-20, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, continue to train and learn about time-honored traditions during the pandemic. Corporals Course is a professional military education course that continues corporals’ education in leading Marines.
During the three-week training course, Marines get a chance to learn more about the foundations of Marine Corps leadership, combat conditioning, joint operations, financial planning and more.
As Marines we can never stop training, it is vital to the Marine Corps that these NCOs continue their learn about leadership fundamentals, core values and time-honored traditions, “ said U.S. Marine Sgt. Paul Sebastian, the head instructor for Corporals Course 4-20. “ We have taken extra time and precautions while setting up the classes and training events to combat COVID, but these are the future leaders of our Marine Corps and they should be given the same chances and training opportunities as the NCOs before them to ensure theirs and the Corps success.”
Throughout the course, the Marines maintain social distancing and wear masks if they cannot maintain six feet of distance between each other. As part of the course, Marines will go through physical training events such as fireman carries, buddy carries and team exercises. During those activities they will wear a mask to prevent the spread of the virus while continuing to train.
“One of the toughest things and ways we had to change this course, was all the classes are being taught by the Marine instructors instead of bringing in subject matter experts in those different areas,” said Sebastian. “It was a challenge for the instructors to learn and teach more training then in previous courses, but it allowed the instructors to more time to mentor their Marines.”
Cpl. Ivan Leon-Munoz, the class commander with Corporals Course 4-20, believes the training is more supervised than previous seminars and courses he has attended. The training didn’t lose its effectiveness, it is just more supervised to make sure the Marines are implementing social distancing and cleaning.
“I think the Marine Corps is doing right by the Marines, by continuing to train,” said Leon-Munoz. “This training helps build on the foundation of leadership and training we have already learned and built during our time in the Marine Corps. This training is something we will keep building on and start passing on to our Marines as leaders during the remainder of our time in the Marine Corps.”
The Marines recently completed their swim qualification and land navigation certification during this course. The Marines is set to graduate Thursday, Aug. 20.
| Date Taken: | 08.18.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 08.22.2020 00:05 |
| Story ID: | 376280 |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON , CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 163 |
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