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Marine Corps data and AI framework. MCO 5231.4 governance. DC I as service lead. Service Data Office (SDO). Mandatory Basic AI Course. GenAI.mil platform. NPS AI Fellowship. Responsible AI principles. Per MCO 5231.4 and MARADMIN ecosystem (214/26, 635/24, 270/25, 018/26, 135/26).
Available training beyond the Basic AI Course. MarineNet Skillsoft and Percipio. Digital University (USAF). Joint Knowledge Online (JKO). GSA Centers of Excellence. II MEF Basic Data Literacy. US Navy Community College (USNCC). Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) AI for Military Use. Per MARADMIN 270/25.
Responsible AI principles per DoD Responsible AI Strategy. Six tenets of responsible AI. COMMSTRAT-specific guidance per MARADMIN 635/24 (supersedes 602/24). No photo-realistic imagery or video for public dissemination. Human oversight. AI annotation in caption and metadata. Per MCO 5231.4.
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) AI Fellowship per MARADMIN 135/26. 5-month project-based fellowship. Eligibility O1-O5, E4-E8, CWO 1-5, GS-5 to GS-14. Approximately $5K TAD. Three TAD trips to Monterey. Capstone research paper requirement.
DC I (Deputy Commandant for Information) centralized governance authority. Marine Corps Service Data Officer (MC SDO) policy lead. Functional Data Working Group (FDWG) and Artificial Intelligence Working Group (AIWG). Approval required for new GenAI capabilities. Per MCO 5231.4.
The framework. MCO 5231.4 (Marine Corps Data and Artificial Intelligence). USMC AI Implementation Plan. NAVMC 3000.1. DC I as service lead. Service Data Office (SDO). MARADMIN ecosystem. VAULTIS standard. Responsible AI principles. Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT).
Mandatory training per MARADMIN 214/26. All Active Duty and Reserve Marines (officer and enlisted) complete NLT 31 December 2026. Course code CDETBAIC01 on MCELE (formerly MarineNet). 45 minutes. One-time requirement. Tracked in MCTFS Basic Training Record (BTR) via MOL.
Authorized AI tools beyond GenAI.mil. CamoGPT and other GenAI systems meeting government system requirements. NIPRGPT sunsetting. Coordination with DC I for new tool approval. Per MARADMIN 018/26.
14 Data Workforce Roles (MC SDO, ADO, Data Steward, Data Custodian, CDAO, Data Producer, System Owner, Data Architect, Analytic Developer, Data Analytics Specialist, Data Engineer, Data Modeler, Data Scientist, Data Security Engineer). 7 AI Workforce Roles (AI Researcher, AI/ML Engineer, T&E Engineer, Deployment Engineer, AI Technician, Product Owner, UI/UX). Per MCO 5231.4 Enclosures 2 and 3.
Enterprise AI, data, and software baseline per MARADMIN 325/26. Announces the ADS Information Resource Manual (IRM). Six platforms: War Data Platform, Maven Smart System, GenAI.mil, LCAP, Local Development and Data Science Environment, TAK. Enterprise data across manpower, readiness, logistics, financial. FAM coordination and quarterly portfolio-management assessment.
Marine Corps enterprise generative AI platform at genai.mil. Per MARADMIN 018/26 (supersedes MARADMIN 496/24). Authorized for CUI on government-furnished equipment. NOT approved for PII, PHI, or classified. Conversational chat, file upload (PDF/DOCX/TXT), RAG, secure web grounding, deep research. NIPRGPT sunsetting.
Day-to-day AI use. Verifying AI outputs. User responsibility and accountability. Common use cases. CUI handling. Annotation requirements. Limitations of GenAI. When to use AI vs conventional methods. Risk-informed experimentation per MARADMIN 214/26.
The Semper Admin AI Field Manual v3.0. 100 prompts across 10 categories. 53 pages. The operational AI prompt standard for USMC administration. Built by Marines for Marines. Five pillars: Accuracy, Verification, Accountability, Designed for the Fight, Open and Improving. CUI ceiling. Download PDF or visit github.com/semperadmin.
Artificial Intelligence content sources from MCO 5231.4 (Marine Corps Data and Artificial Intelligence, signed 11 March 2024), the USMC AI Implementation Plan approved by DC I on 23 April 2025, and the active MARADMIN ecosystem. Active MARADMINs include 214/26 (Mandatory Basic AI Course, NLT 31 December 2026), 635/24 (Ethical Use of AI by COMMSTRAT, supersedes 602/24), 270/25 (Available AI and Data Management Training), 018/26 (Enterprise GenAI.mil Platform, supersedes 496/24), and 135/26 (FY26-2 AI Fellowship at NPS). Supporting policy includes the DoD Responsible AI Strategy and Implementation Pathway (June 2022), DEPSECDEF Memorandum on Implementing Responsible AI (26 May 2021), Executive Order 14110 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of AI, 30 October 2023), OMB Memorandum M-24-10 (Advancing Governance for Agency Use of AI, 28 March 2024), and the OSD CDAO/OUSD(R&E) Memorandum on DA&AI Workforce Roles (5 January 2024). The Deputy Commandant for Information (DC I) is the service lead. The Service Data Office (SDO) under DC I owns policy, governance, and oversight. The Marine Corps Service Data Officer (MC SDO) is the principal advisor to the CMC and chairs the Functional Data Working Group (FDWG) and Artificial Intelligence Working Group (AIWG). GenAI.mil at https://genai.mil is the enterprise platform. CamoGPT and other previously authorized tools continue under MARADMIN 018/26 paragraph 4.c. The Basic AI Course is CDETBAIC01 on MCELE. Approximately 45 minutes. One-time mandatory training for all Active Duty and Reserve Marines NLT 31 December 2026, tracked via MCTFS BTR in MOL.