Photo By Cpl. Dominique Osthoff | Sgt. Jesse Palmieri demonstrates the counter to the front choke. Marine Corps Martial...... read more read more
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC—Sailors in the Marine Corps Expeditionary Combat Skills Training course train for their Marine Corps Martial Arts Program belts at Field Medical Training Battalion, at Camp Johnson on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, beginning June 19.
Corpsmen and religious program specialists volunteered to take the MCECST course to become familiar with MCMAP skills.
There are five MCMAP levels of belts one can achieve. From the lowest to highest, the belts are tan, grey, green, brown, and black. Marines earn belts by learning the fundamentals of hand-to-hand combat, ground fighting and self-defense techniques. With each level of belt, Marines are also taught leadership traits, warrior ethos and Marine Corps history.
The Sailors participating in the course enjoy learning things Sailors don’t normally do.
“MCMAP sets us apart and we actually have a little more found respect from the Marine Corps when they see that their doc has similar experience,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Katelynn E. Mullins, hospital corpsman at FMTB. “It’s good bragging rights. Granted, we’ll never be on the same level as Marines, but we are expanding our knowledge of the Marine Corps.”
Non-commissioned officers are required to obtain a green belt. MCMAP instructor, Sgt. Jesse Palmieri, senior Marine adviser at FMTB, helps Sailors achieve that belt.
“I get them up to green belt, so that way they can be on an equal playing field with Marines,” said Palmieri. “MCMAP doesn’t just teach techniques, it teaches other things like mental and physical discipline as well.”
There were eight students in Palmieri’s class.
Each one was at a different level of MCMAP, and a few of them plan on earning a belt beyond green.
Even Sailors with no MCMAP experience are taking this course and earning their green belts.
“They are all going to belt up at least two belt levels over the course of this week and next week,” said Palmieri.
This course will help corpsmen and religious program specialists to correlate with the Marines they work with in the future.
| Date Taken: | 06.19.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 09.28.2017 08:39 |
| Story ID: | 238751 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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