Develop Marines' leadership, character, knowledge, and fitness in order to produce combat instructors who will teach, coach, train, and mentor entry and advanced level marines capable of conducting expeditionary combat operations within the operating forces.
Capt C. M. Stewart Director Combat Instructor School Email: charley.stewart@usmc.mil
GySgt J. W. Hamilton Course Chief Combat Instructor School Email: joshua.w.hamilton1@usmc.mil
INSTRUCTOR TRAINERS Telephone: (760) 725-7583
Combat Instructor School Information Command Screening Checklist Combat Instructor Creed CIS 8-Week PT Prep Dynamic Warm-Up and Stretching Cards Exercise Cards 52 Area/Camp Pendleton Resources Financial Worksheet (Atch) Example Biography Example Resume
CIS SharePoint (CAC/PIV Required)
The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Glenn M. Walters visits Marines stationed at Marine Corps School of Infantry-West, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 18, 2018. Walters toured the training grounds, barracks, and spoke to Combat Instructors for both Marine Combat Training (MCT), where Marines receive their combat training before arriving at the school house of their Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), and Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), the school house for Marines with the Infantry MOS. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hailey D. Clay)
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U.S. Marines attending Marine Combat Training (MCT) fire an M240B machine gun at the Marine Corps School of Infantry-West, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 18, 2018. MCT gives Marines with Military Occupational Specialties other than Infantry (03xx) a basic understanding of the Marine Corps' warfighting ethos, core values, basic tenets of maneuver warfare, leadership responsibilities, mental, moral, and physical resiliency in order to contribute to the successful accomplishment of their unit's mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hailey D. Clay)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kathrine E. Cleary, combat instructor, School of Infantry (SOI)-West, directs students attending Marine Combat Training (MCT) off of a machine gun at the Marine Corps SOI-West, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 18, 2018. MCT gives Marines with Military Occupational Specialties other than Infantry (03xx) a basic understanding of the Marine Corps' warfighting ethos, core values, basic tenets of maneuver warfare, leadership responsibilities, mental, moral, and physical resiliency in order to contribute to the successful accomplishment of their unit's mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hailey D. Clay)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kathrine E. Cleary, right, combat instructor, School of Infantry (SOI)-West, monitors a Marine Combat Training (MCT) student's line of fire on a rifle range at the Marine Corps SOI-West, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 18, 2018. MCT gives Marines with Military Occupational Specialties other than Infantry (03xx) a basic understanding of the Marine Corps' warfighting ethos, core values, basic tenets of maneuver warfare, leadership responsibilities, mental, moral, and physical resiliency in order to contribute to the successful accomplishment of their unit's mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hailey D. Clay)
U.S. Marine Corps SSgt. Rosalba N. Parente, a student with the School of Infantry-East, Combat Instructor School, researches separate components of land navigation at Camp Geiger, N.C., Jan. 30, 2023. The Marine Corps Combat Instructor School trains and evaluates student based on their ability to perform and teach Marines with Marine Combat Training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexis A. Ballin)
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Presten Gabaldon, right, a student with the Marine Combat Instructor School, School of Infantry - West, receives the “Gung-Ho” award during the graduation ceremony for Class 4-19 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 12, 2019. The mission of CIS is to develop Marines’ leadership, character, knowledge and fitness to fortify them with skills required to succeed as a combat instructors. CIS is a nine-week course that provides Marines with knowledge of the rules, regulations and procedures to prepare them to lead and instruct entry-level Marines during combat training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)
U.S. Marines with the Combat Instructor School Class 4-19, School of Infantry - West, sing “The Marines’ Hymn,” during a graduation ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 12, 2019. The mission of CIS is to develop Marines’ leadership, character, knowledge and fitness to fortify them with skills required to succeed as a combat instructors. CIS is a nine-week course that provides Marines with knowledge of the rules, regulations and procedures to prepare them to lead and instruct entry-level Marines during combat training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)