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Overview of Training at Boatswain’s Mate A School and Surface Common Core.
Surface Warfare Engineering School Command Great Lakes
Feb. 4, 2022 | 3:05
Every Surface Navy Engineer, Quartermaster, Boatswain and deck seaman come through Surface Warfare Engineering School Command (SWESC) Great Lakes for technical training led by the Navy’s finest instructors. These Sailors leave SWESC as Surface Warriors; ready to perform on ships operating around the globe.

Boatswain Mate (BM) “A” school and Surface Common Core (SCC) offers junior sailors the opportunity to receive hands on training about basic seamanship skills prior to reporting to their first command. Sailor learn these skills by participating in classroom training and labs utilizing the USS Whitehat an onsite ship simulator. The Sailors are able to learn everything from basic line handling skills to underway replenishment operations.

BM is the oldest rating in the Navy and has a rich history of honored traditions. BMs are the leaders and backbone of every ship’s crew. A BM maintains the exterior surfaces of ships, deck handling machinery and equipment, handle cargo and operate small boats during a number of evolutions including Anti-Terrorism Operations and Maritime Interdiction boardings of suspect ships BMs take charge of working parties, and act as petty officer-in-charge of picket boats, self-propelled barges, tugs, and other yard and district crafts.

They serve in, or take charge of gun crews and damage control parties. Boatswain's Mates operate and maintain equipment used in loading and unloading cargo, ammunition, fuel, and general stores.

SCC allows Sailors to eventually qualify for one of several Navy ratings through on-the-job Seaman Professional Career Track training.
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Marine Corps launches Barracks Digital Maintenance Request System Service-Wide
25 Jun 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. --

The Marine Corps launched and has fully implemented QSRMax, which is the service’s main effort to upgrade its maintenance request system from analog to digital.

QSRMax simplifies the process for submitting maintenance requests by empowering Marines with a convenient means to submit barracks maintenance support requests directly to the USMCMax system through a QR code on their phone.

QSRMax empowers Marines to track their maintenance support requests as they progress through the system in real time. QSRMax allows users to submit maintenance requests directly to barracks and building managers, which then can be relayed to the base. This restructuring increases transparency and accountability while enhancing communication between Marines and maintenance personnel.

These maintenance requests also have strategic level visibility, which allows for holistic data analysis across the service. Here is how QSR Max works:

  1. Marine identifies a problem.

  2. Marine scans QR code on QSRMax and creates an account if one is not already established.

  3. Marine creates a facilities maintenance request within QSRMax, followed by the creation of a USMCmax service request if approved.

  4. Request is received and addressed within the QSRMax portal by the designated barracks manager.

  5. Barracks manager determines level of support needed to address the requirement and updates the request in the system.

  6. If needed, the request goes to base via work order request.

  7. Once the maintenance request is completed, the assigned agency reports it complete in the QSRMax system.

The introduction of QSRMax marks a new chapter in facilities maintenance within the Marine Corps, characterized by efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness.

The following link allows direct access to the QSRMax website: https://usmcmax.usmc.mil/qsrmax

Learn more about Barracks 2030, the service's vision to improve quality of life in unaccompanied housing, by visiting www.mcicom.marines.mil.

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