The reference establish the system used to publish all training standards, provide policy, and assign training responsibilities, especially as applied to the System Approach to Training (SAT). ITS establish training standards for all Marines in the same occupation field (OccFld), Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), or billet. They provide a foundation upon which unit commanders, Functional Learning Center (FLC) directors, and distance learning (DL) developers build training packages for individual Marines as part of unit training plans or formal courses of instruction. ITSs represent the skills that contribute to the unit mission as expresses in the Mission Performance Standards (MPS).

Inside the Mind of a Marine Drill Instructor is a book that takes you inside the life of Marine Drill Instructor Kevin McDugle. Many fi ery moments in recruit training leave lasting impressions for years to come on both the Drill Instructor and the sloppy recruit. Kevin McDugle is just one of the many Drill Instructors who can tell stories of taking lackadaisical civilians and turning them into war-fighting Marines. Inside the Mind of a Marine Drill Instructor is a compilation of those intense and insightful stories by Kevin McDugle. Kevin McDugle served in the Marines from 1988 until 1996. Kevin served in security forces at Bangor, Washington, with 1st Battalion 8th Marines, 2nd ANGLICO and as a Drill Instructor at Paris Island, South Carolina. Kevin is an entrepreneur, inventor and family man. You can read more about Kevin McDugle by visiting www.kevinmcdugle.com.

Inside the marine corps and what it takes to become "One of the few, the proud, the Marines."

Marines in World War 2 Commemorative Series. Discusses how women Marines served in noncombat billets during World War 2. The title "Free a Marine to Fight" means that women Marines served in noncombat jobs so that male Marines could fight in battles. The Marines first began to recruit women after the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942. States that 17,672 women were serving in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in June 1945. Illustrated with many black and white photographs.