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MARADMIN 419/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FY15 SENIOR ENLISTED PME COURSE//
REF/A/MCO P1553.4B//
REF/B/MARADMIN 391/07//
REF/C/MARADMIN 178/10//
REF/D/ALMAR 035/07//
NARR/REF (A) IS MCO P1553.4B, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. REF (B) APPLIES CHANGES TO ENLISTED PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (EPME) REQUIREMENTS. REF (C) IS THE WEARING OF THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM. REF (D) IS THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND WORLD WIDE TRAVEL ACCOUNT PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE.//
POC/A. N. HAMPTON/MGYSGT/DIRECTOR/SENIOR ENLISTED COURSES/ENLISTED PME/MCU/TEL: (703)432-5542/EMAIL: MCU(UNDERSCORE)SEPME(AT)USMC.MIL
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. HISTORICALLY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ENLISTED MARINES IN THE GRADE OF E-8 HAS BEEN LIMITED TO SEMINARS AND SELF-STUDY. THE 32ND COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (CMC), ALONG WITH THE 16TH SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS (SMMC), DIRECTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION COURSE TARGETED TO FURTHER THE STUDY OF THE ART OF WAR FOR THESE MARINES. TO MEET THE CMC'S INTENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY (MCU) HAS DEVELOPED A COURSE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE CRITICAL THINKING AND ADAPTABILITY SKILLS NECESSARY TO FUNCTION AT THE OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC LEVELS OF WAR. THE SENIOR ENLISTED PME COURSE IS AN INTENSE FIVE-WEEK CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON THE FOLLOWING CORE AREAS: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, COMMUNICATION STUDIES, WARFIGHTING, AND JOINT OPERATIONS.
2. MISSION. THE DIRECTOR OF SENIOR ENLISTED COURSE, WILL CONDUCT THE SENIOR ENLISTED PME COURSE AT QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. DATES FOR FY 2015 COURSES ARE:
COURSE SUBMISSION DEADLINE REPORT GRAD DATE
1-15 21 AUG 14 21 OCT 14 21 NOV 14
2-15 6 NOV 14 6 JAN 15 6 FEB 15
3-15 23 DEC 14 24 FEB 15 27 MAR 15
4-15 19 MAR 15 19 MAY 15 19 JUN 15
5-15 25 JUN 15 25 AUG 15 25 SEP 15
3. EXECUTION
3.A. ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH COURSE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
UNITS ALLOCATIONS
MARFORPAC 17
MARFORCOM 12
MCCDC 8
MCICOM 6
MARFORRES 4
MARSOC 2
NAVY 1
JOINT 1
OTHER 1
3.B. MAJOR COMMANDS NOT LISTED ABOVE MAY NOMINATE STUDENTS BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL VIA THE APPROPRIATE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO THE DIRECTOR, SENIOR ENLISTED COURSES (SEPME) AT EMAIL: MCU(UNDERSCORE)SEPME(AT)USMC.MIL. NON-ALLOCATED NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF SEATS.
3.C. MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND'S (MSC) 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 MARINE'S CHAIN OF COMMAND TO THE RESPECTIVE MARINE FORCES (MARFOR) SERGEANT MAJOR. MARFOR SERGEANTS MAJOR SHALL SCREEN THEIR APPLICANTS AND SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED MARINES TO ATTEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURSE PREREQUISTIES. ANY ALLOCATIONS THAT ARE NOT UTILIZED BY THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED BY THE COURSE DIRECTOR. ANY CHANGES OF REGISTERED STUDENTS AFTER THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE DIRECTOR OF SEPME BEFORE A REPLACEMENT IS MADE IN MCTIMS.
3.D. COURSE PREREQUISITES.
3.D.1. NOMINEES MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE SENIOR ENLISTED JOINT PME (SEJPME) COURSE PROVIDED BY THE JOINT FORCES STAFF COLLEGE. THE SEJPME COURSE IS ACCESSED AT THE JOINT FORCES STAFF COLLEGE WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.JFSC.NDU.EDU
3.D.2. NOMINATED FIRST SERGEANTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED RESIDENT FIRST SERGEANTS COURSE AND THE FIRST SERGEANT/MASTER SERGEANT REGIONAL SEMINAR. MASTER SERGEANTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED FIRST SERGEANT/MASTER SERGEANT REGIONAL SEMINAR. THE RESPECTIVE COURSE COMPLETION CODES MUST BE REFLECTED WITHIN MCTFS.
3.D.3. AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE, VALIDATED IN THE JOINT PERSONNEL ADJUDICATION SYSTEM (JPAS) AND "OWNED" BY THE MARINE'S PARENT COMMAND IS REQUIRED. MARINES WHO DO NOT POSSESS AN ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COURSE.
3.D.4. NOMINEES MUST HAVE ONE-YEAR OBLIGATED SERVICE REMAINING ON THEIR CONTRACT UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE IN COMPLIANCE WITH MCO 1043.41.
3.D.5. NOMINEES MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HT/WT/PFT/CFT STANDARDS.
3.D.6. SERGEANTS MAJOR AND MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANTS (INCLUDING THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR PROMOTION TO EITHER RANK) ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION. ALSO, NO E-8 THAT HAS BEEN TWICE PASSED FOR PROMOTION TO E-9 WILL BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION.
4. ADMIN AND LOGISTICS.
4.A. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE UNIT'S MARFOR G-3 FOR REGISTRATION INTO MCTIMS:
4.A.1. COURSE NUMBER
4.A.2. CID (M02KZ50)
4.A.3. LAST NAME, FIRST, MI, EDIPI AND MOS
4.A.4. RANK AND DATE OF RANK
4.A.5. END OF CURRENT CONTRACT
4.B. FORWARD REQUIRED NOMINEE INFORMATION, IDENTIFIED ABOVE, TO THE APPROPRIATE EMAIL ACCOUNT, DIGITALLY SIGNED AND ENCRYPTED: MARINE FORCES PACIFIC (MARFORPAC) SUBMIT TO SMB.MARFORPAC.FORMAL.SCHOOL(AT)USMC.MIL; MARINE FORCES COMMAND (MARFORCOM) SUBMIT TO G3FORMALSCHOOL(AT)USMC.MIL; ALL MARINE FORCES RESERVE (MARFORRES) ASSIGNED PERSONNEL SUBMIT TO MARFORRES G3 TRAINING AT MFRG3TRAINING(AT)USMC.MIL; MARSOC SUBMIT TO MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (MARSOC)(G3); MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND (MCCDC) AND MARINE CORPS INSTALLATION COMMAND (MCICOM) SUBMIT DIRECTLY TO DIRECTOR OF SEPME AT MCU(UNDERSCORE)SEPME(AT)USMC.MIL.
4.C. ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DIRECTOR NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE COURSE CONVENE DATE.
4.D. STUDENTS REGISTERED IN MCTIMS WHO CANNOT ATTEND A SCHEDULED COURSE MUST HAVE THEIR REGISTRATION CANCELLED WITHIN MCTIMS. CANCELLING STUDENT SUBMISSION IS THE UNIT'S RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL BE COORDINATED WITH THE RESPECTIVE MARFOR REPRESENTATIVE.
4.E. APPROPRIATION DATA/TRAVEL ORDER NUMBER (TON)
4.E.1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF (D), AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING FOR RENTAL CARS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT COMMAND.
4.E.2. WITHIN 45 DAYS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, EACH UNIT WILL PROVIDE A COPY OF THE STUDENT'S LIQUIDATION TO COMMANDING GENERAL (CG), TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM), QUANTICO, VA 22134 (C464FM).
4.F. LODGING. ATTENDEES WHO REQUIRE LODGING MUST LODGE AT THE CROSSROADS INN, TEL 703-630-4444. A RESERVATION CODE WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE (SEPCOR).
4.G. FUNDING WILL BE PROVIDED BY TECOM WORLD-WIDE TRAVEL. ORDERS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT COMMAND.
4.H. ALL ATTENDEES WILL REPORT TO THE SENIOR ENLISTED PME COURSE, MCU, QUANTICO, VA (UPSHUR ROAD, BUILDING 3078) NLT 0600 ON THE COURSE CONVENE DATE. UNIFORM IS PT GEAR.
4.I. PREWORK REQUIREMENTS: PRIOR TO ARRIVING, STUDENTS MUST READ AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS: MCDP-1, WARFIGHTING; MCDP-2, INTELLIGENCE; MCDP-3, EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS; MCDP-4, LOGISTICS; MCDP-5, PLANNING; MCDP-6, COMMAND AND CONTROL; AND MCWP
5-1, MARINE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE SEPME WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/EPME/SITEPAGES/SENIORELISTED.ASPX IN THE SENIOR ENLISTED COURSE INFORMATION SECTION.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN T. D. WEIDLEY, COMMANDING GENERAL EDUCATION COMMAND, PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//