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Marines

USMC Human Performance Branch

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Quantico, Virginia
Conducts service-level coordination of human performance and resiliency policies and programs in order to enable the achievement of the TECOM mission to train and educate the force.

mission

The Human Performance Office conducts service-level coordination of human performance and resiliency policies and programs in order to enable the achievement of the TECOM mission to train and educate the force.

Functions

Conduct human performance policy development and implementation.
Conduct and facilitate human performance research.
Explore and implement emerging human performance technology.
Conduct and facilitate Marine Corps Physical Fitness Program evaluation and assessment.
Explore, coordinate, implement, and oversee Marine Corps resiliency initiatives.   

Human Performance Spotlight

  • Marine Corps Water Survival Program

    Jun 30 2025
    MCRD Paris Island
    The Marine Corps Water Survival Program (MCWSP) will be publishing a MCO in the near future. Check back for new updates and guidance soon for water survival requirements.

  • Physical Fitness

    Jun 30 2025
    Human Performance Center Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, observe Gunnery Sgt. Jesse Philippi, staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the 2nd MLG Human Performance Center (HPC), while he demonstrates how to properly deadlift before conducting a physical assessment during 2nd MLG’s HPC 12-week training program on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 6, 2024. CLB-22 participated in the assessment to track progress and achieve an overall improvement in their Marines with programs focused on a Marine’s or Sailors’ physical, mental, social and spiritual health. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Salazar)

  • Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention

    Jun 30 2025
    Fort Walker, VA
    The mission of the Sports Medicine Injury Prevention (SMIP) Program is to reduce attrition and lost work-days associated with musculoskeletal injuries (MSKI) in order to increase operational readiness of individual Marines and their units. This mission will be accomplished through the utilization of athletic trainers (AT). The ATs offer Marines, organizational Force Fitness Instructors, Navy. providers, and unit commanders the tools to assist in preventing or mitigating injuries in order to reduce the need for advanced medical intervention, light/limited duty status and lost work-days.

  • Training Command’s Fittest Instructor Competition

    Jun 18 2025
    National Museum of the Marine Corps
    U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyree Whitfield conducts the 22 a Day thruster and run exercise during the Training Command’s Fittest Instructor Competition at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 24, 2025. The Fittest Instructor Competition determines which Marine is the most fit across the major support elements of Training Command while supplementing those competitors with increased education in aerobics, nutrition, and exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by James Frank)