R 011650Z OCT 21
MARADMIN 524/21
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FY22 SENIOR ENLISTED PME COURSE//
REF/A/MARADMIN 521/14//
REF/B/MARADMIN 575/15//
NARR/ REF A MARADMIN 521/14, UPDATED ENLISTED PME PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS BY GRADE AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMAND-SPONSORED LANCE CORPORAL LEADERSHIP-ETHICS AND CAREER COURSE SEMINAR REF (B) IS THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND FORMAL SCHOOLS TRAINING SUPPORT PROGRAM GUIDANCE.//
POC/CHARLES BELL/SGTMAJ/SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY DIRECTOR/COLLEGE OF ENLISTED MILITARY EDUCATION/MCU/TEL: (703)432-4793/EMAIL: CHARLES.N.BELL@USMC.MIL OR MCU_SENIORENLISTEDACADEMY@USMCU.EDU// 
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Situation.  The Senior Enlisted Academy (SEA) conducts an intense six-week curriculum focused on the following core areas:  Leadership and Professional Ethics, Communication Studies, Warfighting, and Joint Operations.
2.  Mission.  The SEA Director will conduct the Senior Enlisted Professional Military Education (SEPME) course at Quantico, Virginia in order to enhance the critical thinking adaptability necessary to function at the operational and strategic levels of war.
3.  Execution.
3.A.  Dates for FY22 courses are:
COURSE       REPORT        GRAD DATE
1-22         12 Oct 21     19 Nov 21
2-22         04 Jan 22     11 Feb 22
3-22         23 Mar 22     29 Apr 22
4-22         09 Aug 22     16 Sep 22
3.B.  Allocations will be submitted no earlier than 60 days and no later than 30 days prior to the start of the course.  Allocations for each course are as follows: 
MARFORPAC      15
MARFORCOM      11
MARFORRES      04
MCICOM         06
TECOM          10
Other          02
3.B.1.  A model for Major commands breakdown as it applies to this MARADMIN can be found on SEA website.  https:(slant)(slant)www.defense.gov/Experience/Military-Units/Marine-Corps/#nav.
3.B.2.  Major Subordinate Commands (MSCs) may nominate Marines in the grade of E-8 to attend the course in accordance with the above allocations.  Due to limited school seats, nominees must be submitted through the Marines chain of command to the respective MARFOR G-3.  Other catagory may submitte directly to SEA Director.
3.B.3.  Nominees must have all prerequisites listed in section completed prior to submission by the MARFOR G-3.  The SEA Operations Chief will enroll nominees into the Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS).  Any allocations not used by the submission deadline will be redistributed by the SEA Director.  Any changes of registered students after the registration deadline will be communicated to the SEA Director by the MARFOR G-3.  The SEA Director will manage all changes in MCTIMS.
3.C.  Course prerequisites.
3.C.1.  All nominees must have completed Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education II (57X) located at https:(slant)(slant)jkodirect.jten.mil/ prior to attending the course.
3.C.2.  First Sergeants and Master Sergeants must be PME complete for grade.  The respective course completion codes must be reflected within Marine Corps Total Force System.
3.C.3.  An active SECRET clearance, validated in Joint Personnel Adjudication System and "owned" by the Marines parent command is required.  Marines who do not possess an active SECRET clearance will not be accepted into the course.
3.C.4.  Must be in compliance with Ht/Wt/PFT/CFT standards.
3.C.5.  Sergeant Major and Master Gunnery Sergeants (including those that have been selected for promotion to either) are not eligible for nomination.
4.  Administration and Logistics.
4.A.  The following information must be submitted through the units MARFOR G-3 to the SEA Director for registration into MCTIMS:
4.A.1.  Course number.
4.A.2.  CID (M02KZ50).
4.A.3.  Last name, First, Middle Initial, Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier and Military Occupational Specialty.
4.A.4.  Rank and Date of Rank.
4.A.5.  End of Current Contract.
4.B.  Travel Orders and Funding
4.B.1.  All attendees shall travel on reporting orders.  Orders are the responsibility of the parent command and shall be processed in accordance with reference B. 
4.B.2.  Training and Education Command Formal Schools Training Support will fund travel and per diem to include lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for active component attendees.
4.B.3.  Government quarters are directed.  The government lodging facility aboard Quantico is Liversedge Hall.  Coordinating instructions will be provided within the Letter of Instruction to all students upon verification of attendance.
4.C.  All students will check-in to the SEPME Course, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA (Upshur Ave, Building 3078) NLT 0700 on the course convene date with a paper copy of their orders.
4.D.  Prior to arriving, students must read and become familiar with the following references:  Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication (MCDP) 1 Warfighting, MCDP 2 Intelligence, MCDP 3 Expeditionary Operations, MCDP 4 Logistics, MCDP 5 Planning, MCDP 6 Command and Control, MCDP 7 Learning, Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 5-10 Marine Corps Planning Process.
5.  Command and Signal.  Direct all inquiries regarding the content of this message to Sergeant Major Charles N. Bell, Sergeant Major, Senior Enlisted Academy Director, at MCU_seniorenlistedacademy@usmcu.edu, ATTN:  Director.  Additional information is available on the SEPME website at https:(slant)(slant)www.usmcu.edu/Colleges-and-Schools/College-of-Enlisted-Military-Education/Academies/Senior-Enlisted/Senior-Enlisted-Professional-Military-Enlisted-SEPME-Course/.
6.  Release authorized by Brigadier General Walker M. Field, Commanding General, Education Command.​​//