CoRE & CoRE+ Functional Areas

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CoRE & CoRE+ Functional Areas

The IGMC designated the following 39 functional areas as Critical or Required Evaluation (CoRE) and 15 as CoRE+. IGMC Independent Command Inspections and Comprehensive Command Inspections primarily focus on CoRE and CoRE+ functional areas. In addition to the CoRE and CoRE+ requirements, Commanders with Commanding General’s Inspection Programs are encouraged to inspect beyond these areas to meet their specific command needs.

Page updated on 6 November 2025

 

CoRE
Aviation CoRE+
Law Enforcement CoRE+
CoRE+ (As Applicable)

1.   Antiterrorism

2.   Body Composition and Military Appearance

3.   Career Planning

4.   Casualty Affairs

5.   Consumer Level Supply

6.   Cyber Security Management

7.   Defense Travel System

8.   Directives Management

9.   Force Preservation Council

10. Government Travel Charge Card 

11. Health Services

12. Information and Personnel Security

13. Intelligence

14. Legal Administration

15. Marine Corps Martial Arts

16. Marine Corps Safety Management Systems

17. Military Awards

18. Operations Security

19. Oversight-Intel/Non-Intel Sensitive Activities

20. Performance Evaluation System

21. Physical Fitness and Combat Fitness

22. Physical Fitness and Force Fitness Instructor

23. Physical Security

24. Postal Affairs and Military Postal - Organization

25. Prohibited Activities and Conduct Prevention and Response Program 

26. Records Management

27. Request Mast Procedures

28. Separation, Retirement, and Limited Duty

29. Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

30. Substance Assessment and Counseling

31. Suicide Prevention

32. Transition Readiness

33. Unaccompanied Housing

34. Unit, Personal, and Family Readiness Program

35. Unit Readiness

36. Unit Training Management

37. Victim and Witness Assistance

38. Voting Assistance

39. Water Survival Training

1.  Aircrew Training

2.  Aviation Operations Administration

3.  Aviation Safety

4.  Naval Aviation Training Operating Procedures Standardization

1.  Criminal Investigation Division

2.  Criminal Justice Information Reporting Requirements

3.  Law Enforcement Operations

4.  Military Confinement Facilities

5.  Military Working Dog Operations 

1.  Assistance and Hotline

2.  Command Inspection

3.  Critical Infrastructure

4.  Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation

5.  Marine Corps Fleet Band

6.  Postal Affairs and Official Mail – Military Postal Activity

 

 

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