CoRE & CoRE+ Functional Areas

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CoRE & CoRE+ Functional Areas

The IGMC designated the following 41 functional areas as Critical or Required Evaluation (CoRE) and 16 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 July 21, 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. Marine Corps Water Survival Training

18. Military Awards

19. Operational Stress Control and Readiness

20. Operations Security

21. Oversight-Intel/Non-Intel Sensitive Activities

22. Performance Evaluation System

23. Personal Financial Management

24. Physical Fitness and Combat Fitness

25. Physical Fitness and Force Fitness Instructor

26. Physical Security

27. Postal Affairs and Military Postal - Organization

28. Prohibited Activities and Conduct Prevention and Response Program 

29. Records Management

30. Request Mast Procedures

31. Separation, Retirement, and Limited Duty

32. Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

33. Substance Assessment and Counseling

34. Suicide Prevention

35. Transition Readiness

36. Unaccompanied Housing

37. Unit, Personal, and Family Readiness

38. Unit Readiness

39. Unit Training Management

40. Victim and Witness Assistance

41. Voting Assistance

 

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.  Formal School Management

5.  Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation

6.  Marine Corps Fleet Band

7.  Postal Affairs and Official Mail – Military Postal Activity

 

 

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