CBRN Defense Specialist Basic Course (5711) (A16T3B4)
Basic Skills - 4 weeks
Hazard Prediction - 5 weeks
Contamination Avoidance - 2 weeks
Decontamination - 1 week
Advanced - 1 week
About the CBRN Specialist Basic Course:
CBRN Defense Specialists' primary responsibility is to train their unit to survive and operate in a CBRN environment. CBRN Defense Specialists conduct and supervise training for individual survival measures for unit personnel, unit and staff level training, CBRN monitoring and survey team training and decontamination team training. CBRN Specialists also operate within the unit's combat operations center assisting CBRN Defense Officers and CBRN Defense Chiefs in providing commanders with recommended courses of action to meet operational objectives in a CBRN environment facilitating mission accomplishment. CBRN Defense Specialists provide information to the CBRN Defense Officers and CBRN Defense Chiefs relative to CBR exposure status, location of contaminated areas on the battlefield, and readiness status of their unit's CBRN equipment. Additionally, CBRN Defense Specialists are responsible for embarkation, operator level maintenance, and serviceability of unit CBRN equipment and supplies.
Prerequisites:
1. Must be a U.S. Citizen.
2. Must possess a GT score of 110 or higher.
3. Security requirement: Secret security clearance eligibility.
4. Must not be color blind.
5. Must not have any respiratory problem that prohibits a masked individual from accomplishing their assigned tasks.
6. Must not have any known hypersensitivity to the wearing of protective clothing or immunizations.
Requirements: Complete the Basic CBRN Defense Enlisted Course at the U.S. Marine Corps CBRN School, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.
Duties: For a complete list of duties and tasks, refer to NAVMC 3500.78_, CBRN Training and Readiness Manual. See also CBRN Defense Specialist 5711 MOS Road Map.
Course Dates: FY22/FY23 (Course dates subject to change)
CLASS REPORT CONVENE GRADUATE
03-22 5/19/2022 5/23/2022 8/23/2022
04-22 8/4/2022 8/8/2022 11/8/2022
01-23 10/5/2022 10/14/2022 2/7/2023
02-23 1/11/2023 1/18/2023 4/18/2023
03-23 3/15/2023 3/24/2023 6/27/2023
04-23 5/24/2023 5/30/2023 8/29/2023
05-23 8/23/2023 8/30/2023 12/5/2023