TECOM leads the Marine Corps Training and Education continuum from individual entry-level training, professional military education and continuous professional development, through unit, collective, and service-level training in order to produce warfighters and enhance warfighting organizations that enable the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) to build and sustain the combat readiness required to fight and win today and in the future.

In addition to finding volunteers to join, it is also responsible for preparing them for United States Marine Corps Recruit Training or Officer Candidate School.

Some of the major units within Training Command are: The Education Command governs the training plans and policies that are instituted Corps-wide; This is the responsibility of the Policy & Standards Division (PSD) within TECOM HQ.

This includes the Marine Corps Institute (MCI) courses and the Command and Staff College.

Some of the major units within Education Command are: TECOM supervises several semi-autonomous commands that provide training and education to units in the Marine Corps: U.S. Armed Forces training and education commands This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.