CoRE & CoRE+ Functional Areas

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CoRE & CoRE+ Functional Areas

The IGMC designated the following 40 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 2 February 2026

 

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. Personal Financial Management

22. Physical Fitness and Combat Fitness

23. Physical Fitness and Force Fitness Instructor

24. Physical Security

25. Postal Affairs and Military Postal - Organization

26. Prohibited Activities and Conduct Prevention and Response Program 

27. Records Management

28. Request Mast Procedures

29. Separation, Retirement, and Limited Duty

30. Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

31. Substance Assessment and Counseling

32. Suicide Prevention

33. Transition Readiness

34. Unaccompanied Housing

35. Unit, Personal, and Family Readiness

36. Unit Readiness

37. Unit Training Management

38. Victim and Witness Assistance

39. Voting Assistance

40. 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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