ACADEMIC YEAR 21-22 TOP LEVEL SCHOOL SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT
Date Signed: 10/28/2020 | MARADMINS Number: 648/20
MARADMINS : 648/20

R 281740Z OCT 20
MARADMIN 648/20
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR (AY) 21-22 TOP LEVEL SCHOOL SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/CMC WASHINGTON/YMD: 20140918//
REF/B/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20080125//
REF/C/MSGID: MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC/112035Z DEC 08//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.8, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF B IS MCO 1553.4B, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. REF C IS MARADMIN 703/08, OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) SUMMARY.//
POC/ERIC D. ALBIN/MAJ/MMOA-3/703-784-9284/ERIC.ALBIN@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Purpose.  To announce the available Top Level Schools (TLS) and Fellowships during Academic Year 2021-2022.
2.  The TLS board will convene on or about 1 Dec 2020 to select officers to attend the schools and fellowships listed in paragraph 4.
3.  Eligibility.
3.a.  Eligibility Criteria.
3.a.1.  Lieutenant colonels and lieutenant colonels (sel) who will have 24 months Time on Station (TOS), by 31 Jul 21 or are otherwise scheduled to complete their prescribed Tour Control Factor (TCF) in FY21.
3.a.2.  Officers selected by the CY20/FY22 Colonel Promotion Board who have not yet attended TLS.
3.a.3.  Lieutenant colonels currently in command of an organization identified in the Command Screening Program who are scheduled to complete their command tour in FY21.
3.a.4.  Lieutenant colonels, colonels and colonels (sel) who are TLS graduates are eligible for those Senior CMC Fellowships and Executive Level Education found in para 4.c except as noted.
3.a.5.  Eligibility rosters can be found on the following website:  https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/webcenter/portal/OA3REP/pages_toplevelschoolboard.
3.b.  Ineligibility Criteria.
3.b.1.  Officers selected to colonel on the CY19/FY21 or earlier Colonel Promotion Boards are ineligible for all programs with the exception of Senior CMC Fellowships and Executive Level Foreign PME list in para 4.c below.
3.b.2.  Lieutenant colonels in the above zone promotion.
3.b.3.  Lieutenant colonels who have already attended, or are currently attending, TLS.
3.b.4.  Majors in zone for lieutenant colonel on the CY20/FY22 board.
3.b.5.  Limited Duty Officers.
3.b.6.  Officers attending or selected to attend Intermediate Level School (ILS) or Advanced ILS schools which require a follow on utilization tour.  These programs include, but are not limited to:  Naval Postgraduate School, School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW), School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS).
3.b.7.  Officers with an approved voluntary retirement date.
3.c.  Officers are directed to contact their PMOS monitor with questions regarding eligibility.
4.  Allocations.
4.a.  Department of Defense (DoD) schools to which selections will be made on the AY 21-22 TLS board are listed below.  Schools, quotas, and convening dates are subject to change.  Officers who complete one of the following DoD schools will obtain JPME Phase II credit.
COURSE TITLE                                QUOTA  RPT    GRAD  NOTE
Adv. Strategic Leadership Study Program     1      Jun21  Jun22  1
Air War College                             8      Jul21  Jun22
Army War College                            14     Jul21  Jun22
College of Naval Warfare                    16     Jul21  Jun22
College of International Security Affairs   1      Jul21  Jun22
Eisenhower School                           13     Jul21  Jun22  2
College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC) 2      Jul21  Jun22
Joint Advanced Warfighting School           3      Jul21  Jun22  3
Marine Corps War College                    11     Jul21  Jun22
National War College                        14     Jul21  Jun22
Note 1:  Followed by 1 year assignment at Ft Leavenworth as a seminar leader.
Note 2:  Two students with an acquisition background (PMOS 8059/61) will be identified to participate in the acquisition curriculum.
Note 3:  Followed by immediate assignment to designated billets on the Joint Duty Assignment List (JDAL).
4.b.  Foreign senior service colleges and fellowships to which selections will be made are listed below.  Officers interested in a foreign, non-English speaking service school must take the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) and have it included in their record or have an established DLPT score on record for the target language.  Minimum DLAB scores to attend language training are 100 and 110 for level IV languages (e.g., Japanese, Mandarin, etc.).  Officers completing a foreign PME assignment receive service TLS credit and JPME Phase I credit except as noted.  Fellowships grant service TLS PME credit only.
COURSE TITLE                                QUOTA  RPT    GRAD  NOTE
Inter-American Defense College (Ft McNair)  1      Jul22  Jun23  4
Israeli National Defense College            1      Jun21  Jul22  5
NATO Defense College (Rome, Italy)
    1st Session                             1      Sep21  Feb22
    2nd Session                             1      Feb22  Jul23
Dept of Homeland Security (Wash DC)         1      Jul21  Jun22
Dept of Justice (Wash DC)                   1      Jul21  Jun22  6
U.S. Institute of Peace (Wash DC)           1      Jul21  Jul22
Dept of State (Wash DC)                     1      Jul21  Jun22
Hoover Institution (Stanford)               1      Jul21  Jun22
International Security Studies
    Program (Yale)                          1      Jul21  Jun22
JFK School of Government (Harvard)          1      Jul21  Jun22
Logistics Fellowship (Penn State)           1      Jul21  Jun22  7
School of Advanced International
    Studies (Johns Hopkins)                 1      Jul21  Jun22
SECDEF Executive Fellowship                 2      Jun21  Jun22  8
Security Studies Program (MIT)              1      Jul21  Jun22
MIT Tech/Cyber (Lincoln Labs)               1      Jul21  Jun22
United States Agency for
    International Development (Wash DC)     1      Jul21  Jun22
SECDEF Strategic Thinkers Program (Wash DC) 2      Jul21  Jun22
Note 4:  Spanish language training, if required (approx. Jan-Jun 22, Wash DC).
Note 5:  No language training required.
Note 6:  Only open to PMOS 4402.
Note 7:  Only open to PMOS 0402 and 3002.
Note 8:  Corporation/company/location determined following selection.
4.c.  Executive Level Education and Foreign PME students will be independently assigned.  These positions will be selected from those officers who are TLS graduates and assigned by MMOA.  Officers desiring consideration for these assignments should contact their PMOS monitors.
ASSIGNMENT                                       RPT    ROTATE NOTE
Atlantic Council of the United States            Jul21  Jun22
    (Wash DC)
Brookings Institution (Wash DC)                  Jul21  Jun22
Center For a New American Security               Jul21  Jun22
    (CNAS) (Wash DC)
Center for Strategic and International Studies   Jul21  Jun22
    (CSIS) (Wash DC)
Council on Foreign Relations (New York, NY)      Jul21  Jun22  9
French War College (Centre des hautes études     Aug21  Jun22  9,10
    militaires) (CHEM)
Note 9:  Colonel assignment.
Note 10:  Must be fluent in French at approx. the 3/3 level.
5.  Board Communication and Update Material.
5.a.  MMOA has developed an online command screening questionnaire to facilitate board communication.  The online questionnaire is the only mechanism for board communication, and for which all eligible officers are to communicate their preferences.  Feedback provided in the questionnaire will be forwarded to the board for their consideration.
5.a.1.  The TLS questionnaire is accessed through the max.gov website at https:(slash)(slash)go.max.gov/dod/TLS.  CAC certification is not required to access the site.  Additional material may be uploaded electronically through the questionnaire.  Instructions on how to upload material are included on the questionnaire.
5.a.2.  The questionnaire will open upon release of this message and will close at 2359 EST on 20 November 2020.
5.b.  Updating OMPF material.  Officers should submit material for entry into their OMPF to the following email address:  SMB.Manpower.MMRP@usmc.mil.
5.c.  Fitness reports.  Completed fitness reports must be submitted to MMRP for inclusion into the OMPF via A-PES.  Incomplete fitness reports will not be accepted if forwarded to the board.
5.d.  Remove by Request (RBR).
5.d.1.  Officers who wish to remove their name from consideration must complete the applicable portions of the online questionnaire and submit an AA form, endorsed by the first Marine in their fitness report routing chain, requesting to RBR.  The Senior Marine Representative or administrative reviewer may be used if there is no Marine in the fitness report routing chain.  This form must be attached to the online questionnaire at submission.  Failure to attach a properly endorsed AA form will result in the officer being screened for TLS.  A template AA form is available on the upload page of the questionnaire.
5.e.  Deferrals.  Officers selected to attend school who are unable to execute orders are afforded the opportunity to request deferral.  If approved, officers may be slated to off-cycle TLS slots based upon availability.  If a known operational commitment will preclude an officer from beginning the academic year (Jul 21), officers are directed to disclose such information in the questionnaire.
5.f.  Declinations.  The TLS results MARADMIN is considered official notification of orders.  Officers selected for TLS by the board who subsequently decline the opportunity to attend are required to submit their declination in writing with chain of command endorsement to include the first general officer to CMC via MMOA-3.  The declination letter will become part of the officers OMPF.  Alternates fleeted up to fill vacated TLS quotas are also required to formally decline via the procedure described above if they decline the opportunity to attend school.
6.  Points of Contact.
Col T. J. Zagurski, Branch Head, MMOA
  DSN:  278-9300, Comm:  (703) 784-9300
  Email: tyler.zagurski@usmc.mil
Col G. E. Beals, Ground Col Monitor
  DSN:  278-9300, Comm:  (703) 784-9300
  Email: ginger.beals@usmc.mil
Col I. D. Stevens, Aviation Col Monitor
  DSN:  278-9300 Comm:  (703) 784-9300
  Email:  ian.stevens@usmc.mil
LtCol G. P. Gordon, Ground LtCol Cbt Arms Monitor
  DSN:  278-9279 Comm:  (703) 784-9279
  Email:  gregory.p.gordon@usmc.mil
LtCol A. M. Ingram, Ground LtCol CSS Monitor
  DSN:  278-9279 Comm:  (703) 784-9279
  Email:  andre.ingram@usmc.mil
LtCol R. A. Belt II, Ground LtCol Info Monitor
  DSN:  278-9279 Comm:  (703) 784-9279
  Email:  russell.belt@usmc.mil
LtCol G. W. Burnett, Aviation LtCol Monitor
  DSN:  278-9267 Comm:  (703) 784-9267
  Email:  garth.burnett@usmc.mil
LtCol R. B. Quinn, Head, MMOA-3 Plans and Programs
  DSN:  278-9284, COMM:  (703) 784-9284
  email:  rory.quinn@usmc.mil
Mr. M. G. Cooper, CMC Fellowships/Foreign PME, MCU
  DSN:  378-0696, COMM:  (703) 432-0696
  email:  michael.cooper@usmcu.edu
8.  This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve.
9.  Release authorized by BGen Michael J. Borgschulte, Director, Manpower Management Division.//