Combat Operational Stress Control
Combat Operational Stress Control (COSC) encompasses all policies and programs to prevent, identify, and holistically treat mental injuries caused by combat or other operations. COSC is one of the priorities of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, to ensure that all Marines and family members who bear the invisible wounds caused by stress receive the best help possible, and that they are afforded the same respect given to the physically injured. The two goals of COSC are to maintain a ready fighting force, and to protect and restore the health of Marines and their family members.
The COSC Branch of MR, M&RA
The COSC Branch (MRC) of the Personal and Family Readiness Division, Manpower and Reserve Affairs Department, HQMC, was chartered November 2005 to be a single integrating agency for all matters pertaining to combat/operational stress control in the Marine Corps. The COSC Branch establishes and oversees plans, policies, programs, training, research, and reporting procedures to promote the resiliency of Marines and families to operational stressors, and their recovery from stress injuries. The COSC Branch provides resources for Marine leaders, chaplains, mental health professionals, medical providers, service members, veterans, family members, and their advocates.
The HQMC COSC Team
The COSC Branch is actively supported by a large multidisciplinary and multi-agency team of adjunct staff drawn from many HQMC departments, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, operational commands, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, the Navy chaplaincy, the Veterans Administration, the National Center for PTSD, and many other educational and research organizations. The HQMC COSC Team meets at least quarterly.
Visit the Manpower & Reserve Affairs
Combat Operational Stress web site for additional information.
