{"id":32176,"date":"2023-04-17T21:27:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/04\/17\/the-marine-corps-is-making-changes-to-its-medical-training-requisites\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:10:44","slug":"the-marine-corps-is-making-changes-to-its-medical-training-requisites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/04\/17\/the-marine-corps-is-making-changes-to-its-medical-training-requisites\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marine Corps is making changes to its medical training requisites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the Marine Corps prepares for a major future fight that may see small units dispersed and operating in hard-to-reach places, it\u2019s also making changes to its military medical requirements <\/a>regarding who gets medical training and what level of training various battlefield medical providers receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The policy updates have to do with tactical combat casualty care, or TCCC<\/a>, the combat lifesaving program developed by the Defense Health Agency. The first of a trio of changes, published in a July Marine administrative message, requires all Fleet Marine Force and supporting establishment Marines to receive certification in TCCC-All Service Member, the base level of the program, within 12 months of deploying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TCCC-All Service Member training includes how to stop a hemorrhage and how to recognize a number of other critical medical issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brings the Marine Corps into alignment with a Defense Department directive that all troops get TCCC-All Service Member training. The service replaced its first aid training with this program at boot camps in 2021 and has announced that 85% of the force will be TCCC-ASM certified by 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\t