BuTrain:Quick Start Guide

Introduction

Welcome to TRMN! Courses are a big part of what we do; they cover all sorts of things in the Honorverse and the real world. We even have a course about TRMN. Here’s how to navigate all that.

Everyone

Visit the BuTrain Course Request Form and request GPU-TRMN-0001 Introduction to TRMN

1. Within a day or two you should receive an email with a link to the first course. There are three video courses, and then you can take any course in BuTrain you want.

2. Now's a good time to pick your local chapter. When you do that and complete Intro to TRMN, you earn your Space Service Deployment Ribbon or equivalent.

You don't have to read all of the rest of this document—just scroll down to the part for your branch.

RMN - Royal Manticoran Navy

RMA - Royal Manticoran Army

RMMC - Royal Manticoran Marine Corps

RMACS - Royal Manticoran Astro Control Service

RMMM - Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine

GSN - Grayson Space Navy

IAN - Imperial Andermani Navy

RHN - Republic of Haven Navy

Civilians Dip/Intel - Landing University

SFC - Sphinx Forestry Commission

Escalation

If it takes more than 7 days for an instructor to send you a course or to grade it and send it back, then refer to the BuTrain Course Escalation charts for Military [butrain_escalation_mil.png] and Civilian [butrain_escalation_civ.png] branches. Look for the department and course you are waiting on. Go up one box from the Instructors box to find their supervisor. If the box has a tab, then find your course’s department and use that email address.

Send the supervisor an email, with a CC to the instructor, to ask about it. If they don’t respond within a day, go up one box to find the next CO. Send that person an email, with a CC to everyone so far. They should respond within a day. If they don’t, then send an email to their CO, and so on up the chain of command. Please don’t wait a long time for this: your escalation alerts us to the problem.

Special Needs

If you have a disability or accessibility need, please contact the Office of Accessibility at accessibility@butrain.trmn.org.

All the Policies

Now you have enough to get started. BuTrain policies can be found at this BuTrain Page.

Branch Specific Information

RMN - Royal Manticoran Navy

1. Go to the Course Request form and select Naval Enlisted Training Center, SIA-RMN-0004 - SCPO Exam.
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the available RMN Courses.
4. Select courses from the RMN Course Request Form.
5. Start work on your first challenge, the Enlisted Space Warfare Pin.

RMA - Royal Manticoran Army

1. Go to the Course Request form and select RMA, Army Enlisted Training Center, KR1MA-RMA-0004 - NCO :# Basic Training Exam.
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should :# get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the King Roger I Military Academy.
4. Select RMA courses from the Course Request Form.
5. Start work on your first challenge, the Enlisted Army Orbital Warfare Badge.

RMMC - Royal Manticoran Marine Corps

1. Go to the Course Request form and select RMMC, Marine Enlisted Training Center, SIA-RMMC-0004 - First Sergeant.
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the Royal Manticoran Marine Corps Training Command.
4. Select courses from the RMMC Course Request Form.
5. Start work on your first challenge, the Enlisted Space Warfare Pin.

RMACS - Royal Manticoran Astro Control Service

1. Go to the Course Request form and select RMACS - ACS Enlisted Training School - ISA-RMACS-0004 Petty Officer 1st Class.
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the RMACS Specialty Training School.
4. Select courses from the Civilian Course Request Form.
5. Start work on your first challenge, the Enlisted Space Warfare Pin.

RMMM - Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine

1. Go to the Course Request form [1] and select RMMM - Kaylee Jo Lingley Unlicensed School - SIA-RMMM-0004 Basic Merchant Spacer Training 4
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the Civilian Space Services Academy[2].
4. Select courses from the Civilian Course Request Form [3].
5. Start work on your first challenge, the Star Kingdom Defense Pin.

GSN - Grayson Space Navy

1. Go to the Course Request form [4] and select GSN - Naval Enlisted School - IMNA-GSN-0004 Senior CPO Exam
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the Grayson Space Navy[5].
4. Go to https://wiki.trmn.org/wiki/BuTrain:Isaiah_Mackenzie_Naval_Academy Isaiah Mackenzie Naval Academy.
5. Select NCO and officer courses from the GSN/RHN/IAN Course Request Form[ https://trmn.org/training/course-request-forms/course-request-imna].
6. Select technical courses from https://trmn.org/training/course-request-forms/course-request-rmn. (The GSN and RMN share the same technical school.)
7. Start work on your first challenge, the Enlisted Space Warfare Qualification Badge.

IAN - Imperial Andermani Navy

1. Go to the Course Request form [6] and select IAN - Frederick the Great School of Naval Exception - PAMA-IAN-0004 Hauptbootsmann
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the Imperial Andermani Navy[7].
4. Go to https://wiki.trmn.org/wiki/BuTrain:Imperial_Prinz_Adalbert_Marineakademie Imperial Prinz Adalbert Marineakademie.
5. Select courses from the GSN/RHN/IAN Course Request Form[8].
6. Start work on your first challenge, the Enlisted Space Warfare Clasp.

RHN - Republic of Haven Navy

1. Go to the Course Request form [9] and select RHN - Enlisted Training Center - SIA-RHN-0004 Senior Chief Petty Officer
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the Republic of Haven Navy[10].
4. Go to https://wiki.trmn.org/wiki/BuTrain:Republic_of_Haven_Naval_College Republic of Haven Naval College.
5. Select technical courses from the RMN Course Request Form [https://trmn.org/training/course-request-forms/course-request-rmn. (The RHN does not have its own Technical Specialties School, so take courses from the RMN school.)
6. Start work on your first challenge, the Enlisted Space Warfare Pin.

Civilian (Dip/Intel)

1. Go to the Course Request form and select Landing University - Queen's College Bachelor Program - LC-QC-0004 Introduction to Civilian Service.
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on Landing University and see what courses are available.
4. Select courses from the Civilian Course Request Form.
5. Start work on your first challenge, the Accredited Staff Member Pin.

SFC - Sphinx Forestry Commission

1. Go to the Course Request form and select Sphinx Forestry Commission.
2. Within a week you should receive an email with the written course. Edit the file to fill in the answers and send it to the address your instructor gave you. You should get it back within a week.
3. Read up on the Sphinx Forestry Commission
4. Go to Sphinx Forestry Service.
5. Select courses from the Civilian Course Request Form.
6. Start work on your first challenge, the Accredited Staff Member Pin.