MCO P1100.73B.pdf - Marine Corps

3. Training Requirements
a. Course of Instruction. Members of the PLC Program enrolled as
college freshmen or sophomores will attend two summer training sessions
(Junior Course and Senior Course), each of which will be approximately
6-weeks duration. Members enrolled during or after the junior year of
college will attend a single 10-week session (Combined Course).
Members enrolled in the PLC-Law Program who are not interprogram transfers
will attend one 10-week training session. Training will be
conducted at Officer Candidates School, Marine Corps Combat Development
Command (MCCDC), Quantico, Virginia, on dates prescribed by the CMC.
b. Attendance at Training
(1) Members of the PLC Program enrolled as freshmen or
sophomores must complete the Junior Course the first summer after
enrollment, and the Senior Course during the summer immediately preceding
the school year in which they receive their degree.
(2) Members must agree to participate in training for a minimum
period of time as specified in their service agreement.
c. Orders to Attend Training. Members of the PLC Program ordered
to training will travel by the conveyance directed in their orders.
Members will be ordered to, training from home address or school
address only, as requested by the individual concerned. Upon release
from training, they will be directed to their home or school address as
indicated on their request for orders. MCO P4600.7 will be utilized by
OSO’s in determining group or individual transportation of PLC candidates
to training. PLC’s are not authorized travel by POV. If a PLC
is to be courtesy shipped, the cognizant OSO is responsible for
ensuring that liaison is established with the OSO who will actually
ship candidate to training.
d. Participation in Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) Training.
Members of the PLC Program, at their option, may continue drill with
their Reserve unit and remain in a paid status. In the case of mobilization
by the Reserves, the member would deploy with Reserve unit.
4. Active Duty Requirements (Figure 2-37)
a. PLC (Ground). Graduates of the PLC(G) Program must serve on
EAD in a commissioned status for the period specified by their service
agreement plus any additional obligation incurred by receipt of Marine
Corps Financial Assistance. Upon acceptance of appointment to commissioned
grade, these officers will be ordered to EAD to attend The Basic
School (TBS), MCCDC, Quantico, Virginia. When these officers have completed
TBS, they will be assigned a basic MOS and ordered to an appropriate
duty assignment.
b. PLC (Naval Aviator). Graduates of the PLC(NA) Program must
serve on EAD in a commissioned status for the period specified by their
service agreement plus any additional obligation incurred by receipt of
Marine Corps Financial Assistance. Upon acceptance of appointment to
commissioned grade, these officers will be ordered to EAD to attend TBS
prior to assignment to aviation training.
(1) In the event an officer is separated from an aviation
training program as a result of flight failure, practical work failure,
or physical disqualification, the officer will be required to serve on
EAD in a commissioned status for the period specified by the service
agreement, from the date initially assigned to EAD as a commissioned
officer, plus any additional obligation incurred by receipt of Marine
Corps Financial Assistance.
(2) Should the officer be separated from an aviation training
program as a result of academic failure, or at own request, the officer
will be required to serve on active duty in a commissioned status for
the specified on the service agreement, the date initially assigned to
EAD, plus an extension of active service equal to the time spent in
flight training and any additional obligation incurred by receipt of
Marine Corps Financial Assistance.
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