bo 3500.1n - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

BO 3500.1N
25 Mar 08
3002.
TRAINING AREA REQUESTS (TARs)
1. Scheduling
a. Units desiring to schedule a range or training area must use the
methods described in paragraph 3000.1.
b. Typically, up to five units or 500 personnel will be scheduled in
training areas, up to three units on the beaches and the boat basin, and only
one unit on range and training sites (e.g., rappel towers, gas chambers).
c. Units desiring to occupy a range or training site, which is already
scheduled by another unit shall obtain co-use.
(1) BOTH units must submit a completed Operational Risk Management
(ORM) Form that, in addition to mitigating all other risks and assigning the
RSO and OIC, explains how both units can accomplish their training safely.
Both of these ORMs must be received by Range Scheduling at least five (5)
working days prior to the start of the event. If the completed ORMS are not
received prior to the deadline, co-use will automatically be denied. No couse
will be authorized or scheduled until both ORMs have been received and
reviewed, and all conflicts resolved.
(2) Only the Range Control Officer (RCO) can approve co-use.
(3) After the co-use is granted by the Range Control Office, the
second unit must schedule the range.
2. Beaches. Requests for use of the State Beach (north, center, and south),
Green Beach, and leased areas will be submitted, in the same manner described
above, thirty (30) days prior to the planned event. Approval will be on a
case-by-case basis. Units must receive approval from the Assistant Chief of
Staff, Marine Corps Community Services (AC/S, MCCS) for the use of these
beaches prior to submitting a request to the Range Scheduling Office. You
may contact the San Onofre Recreation Beach Office at (760) 725-7422/7935 or
the Del Mar Recreation Beach Office at (760) 725-2134/2313.
3. Surface Danger Zone (SDZ) Diagram Overlays. For indirect-fire techniques
requiring a SDZ diagram, the overlay shall be submitted to the RCO at least
fourteen (14) days prior to firing unless the SDZ is on file with the RCO.
All SDZs shall be constructed using the l:50,000 Camp Pendleton Military
Installation Map [reference (d)]. The SDZ diagram will be constructed per
MCO 3570 series.
4. Waivers. An appropriate waiver request and any required overlays shall
accompany any training not covered by this Order. Waiver requests shall be
submitted to the Range Scheduling office at least thirty (30) days prior to
the planned event per paragraph 1006 of this Order.
5. Hikes and Convoys. Units requesting training areas for hikes or convoys
shall submit an overlay of the proposed route to the Range Scheduling Office
at least fourteen (14) days prior to the event unless the overlay is on file
with the RCO. The format for overlays can be obtained by calling the Range
Scheduling Office at (760) 725-3510/4219.
6. Environmental. Any environmental considerations and requirements
associated with the requested training shall be approved, prior to submitting
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