U.S. Marine Corps fitness instructors participate in a swim event followed by a 2 mile run for the 2024 Fitness Instructor Competition held on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 23, 2024. The Fitness Instructor Competition challenges Marine Corps fitness instructors skills and abilities in a series of competitive events over the course of a week. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Katherine Corado)

U.S. Marines train to become Martial Arts Instructor Trainers at the Martial Arts Center for Excellence on Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA, on March 28, 2024. The MAIT course is a 3 week training course that challenges the mental and physical strength of its students to see if they have what it takes to become a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Trainer. (Marine Corps video by Cpl. William Tucker)

A brief overview of the modern-day training at Marine Corps Engineer School, Courthouse Bay, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Marine Corps Engineer School executes training to develop occupational and service-level warfighting skills and provides functional expertise in order to support engineering capabilities across the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Tanner Bernat)

Defense Agencies Initiative is a replacement to the Marine Corps' previous financial system that streamlines the way logistic Marines do business. DAI is a single business mission system that combines budget reporting tools, source document repositories and procurement systems to increase the efficiency of the Department of Defense’s acquisition of military equipment and supplies. (U.S Marine Corps video by Lcpl. Joseph Cooper)

Falling under the larger command TECOM, Training Command takes charge of the Corps’ newest Marines and provides them with core skills, leadership development, and military occupational specialty training delivered by a cadre of highly trained professionals who have been technologically enabled and fully resourced to accomplish the mission

Marines tell their story about how they influenced others by becoming an instructor. Emphasizing the importance of becoming an instructor and passing on the experience and knowledge they have gained to a new generation of Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Sgt. Kristiana Montanez)

Gunnery Sergeant Gates conducts a proper elbow to instep.

Gunnery Sergeant Gates conducts a proper couch stretch.

Gunnery Sergeant Gates conducts a proper butterfly stretch.

Gunnery Sergeant Gates conducts a proper 90/90 Active Hamstring Stretch.

Gunnery Sergeant Gates conducts proper 3 Way Knee to Wall stretch.

The Marine Corps Battle Skills Test (BST) Program provides a structured approach for the service to ensure all Marines sustain proficiency in 30 of the 178 common skills taught during entry level training. The program will emphasize training using a leader-led, face-to-face approach. Small unit leaders (noncommissioned officers and above) will be the primary trainers and evaluators. Marines, private through general, will annually demonstrate their mastery of these common skills. Commanders will have flexibility in their approach to training and evaluating their units. The BST Program effectively begins 1 January 2018 as a calendar year requirement. However, commanders can immediately start incorporating BST training into their unit training plans and are encouraged to begin preparing their small unit leaders to conduct and evaluate the 30 common skills. Training support packages (TSP) and associated performance evaluation checklists for each of the 30 BST skills are online to assist small unit leaders. The TSPs provide small unit leaders the required information, performance steps, and evaluation criteria to facilitate leader-led training. The training is designed to be conducted in any environment from garrison to field, on the flight line, in the motor pool, maintenance bay, or on ship. Units may find that many of these skills are already embedded in their unit training plan, thereby minimizing the impact of the BST Program. Commanders determine how and when the training and evaluation will occur throughout the calendar year. Options range from training and evaluation over the course of a year to training throughout the year and then consolidating evaluation into a culminating event to foster esprit de corps. All Marines have previously been taught these skills during entry level training, thus the expectation is that Marines have the ability to easily refresh and sustain these skills. Commanders have the entire calendar year to ensure their Marines train and pass all 30 of the skills, and will ensure that training is recorded. (U.S. Marine Corps Video/released)

This video describes the type of training Marines will receive at Force Fitness Instructor Course, as well as the roll and capabilities of the Force Fitness Instructors at their units.

Dynamic Warm-up Dynamic Mobility Preparation: The Marine will start in a push-up position. Execution: The Marine will bring their knees up to their chest, keeping the back flat and the head neutral. Once their feet hit the deck, they will immediately return back to the starting position then repeat. Common Mistakes: - Not keeping the palms flat on the deck