R 011925Z SEP 15
MARADMIN 431/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FY16 FIRST SERGEANT COURSE CID M02L645//
POC/DIRECTOR, SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY/ENLISTED PME/MCU/TEL: (703)432-4793/ EMAIL: DAVID.MADDUX@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  SITUATION.  SINCE 1996, THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS HAS DIRECTED THAT A FORMAL COURSE OF INSTRUCTION BE PROVIDED FOR ALL NEWLY PROMOTED FIRST SERGEANTS AND FIRST SERGEANTS SELECT.  THE COURSE FACILITATES THE TRANSITION FROM GUNNERY SERGEANT TO FIRST SERGEANT.
2.  MISSION.  THE DIRECTOR OF THE SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY WILL CONDUCT THE FIRST SERGEANT COURSE TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION COVERING THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MARINES WITH THE RANK OF FIRST SERGEANT.  THE FIRST SERGEANT COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED AT MCB, QUANTICO, VA ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:
COURSE     REPORT          CONVENE        GRADUATE
1-16       28 FEB 16       29 FEB 16      11 MAR 16
2-16       17 JUL 16       18 JUL 16      29 JUL 16
3.  EXECUTION.
3.A.  COMMANDER'S INTENT.  INSTRUCT STUDENTS ON THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A FIRST SERGEANT.  COURSE END STATE IS ACHIEVED WHEN STUDENTS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT COMMANDERS AND FULFILL BILLET RESPONSIBILITIES.
3.B.  CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS.  THE FIRST SERGEANT COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED OVER A TWO-WEEK PERIOD.  INSTRUCTION IS PRESENTED THROUGH A VARIETY OF LECTURES AND GUIDED DISCUSSIONS.  THE FOCUS OF EFFORT IS TO PREPARE FIRST SERGEANTS TO ADVISE THEIR COMMANDERS REGARDING ALL MATTERS AFFECTING ENLISTED PERSONNEL AND TO ASSIST COMMANDERS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
3.C.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  THE FY16 FIRST SERGEANT COURSES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY (MCU).  RESERVE AND ACTIVE DUTY ATTENDEES WILL REPORT TO QUANTICO, VA.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SENT VIA SEPERATE CORRESPONDENCE THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE COURSE CONVENING DATE.
3.C.1.  ATTENDANCE.  ALL FIRST SERGEANTS SELECTED DURING FY16, THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED REMEDIAL PROMOTION, AND THOSE WHO RECEIVED A FY14 OR FY15 EXEMPTION ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND.  THOSE WHO DID NOT RECEIVE AN EXEMPTION MUST REQUEST ONE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY.  MASTER SERGEANTS SERVING IN THE BILLET OF A FIRST SERGEANT MAY ATTEND; HOWEVER, A LETTER DESCRIBING THEIR CURRENT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND A COMMAND ENDORSEMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY, PRIOR TO BEING AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND.  ALL REQUESTS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.  DIRECT ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO THE DIRECTOR OFSENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY AT DAVID.MADDUX@USMC.MIL.
3.C.2.  REGISTRATION.  ATTENDEES ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR CLASS 1-16 NLT 11 FEB 16 AND CLASS 2-16 NLT 17 JUN 16.  PARENT COMMAND G-3S/S-3S ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER ATTENDEES IN MCTIMS. REGISTRATION IN MCTIMS IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FUNDING DATA FROM TECOM FORMAL SCHOOLS.
4.  ADMIN AND LOGISTICS.
4.A.  ORDERS.  TAD ORDERS WILL BE NON-REPORTING.
4.B.1  ACTIVE COMPONENT. TRAVEL/PER DIEM IS PROVIDED BY TECOM WORLD-WIDE TRAVEL.  PARENT COMMAND G-3S/S-3S ARE REQUIRED TO REQUEST FUNDING. 
4.B.2  RESERVE COMPONENT. MARINE RESERVE ORDER WRITING SYSTEM (MROWS) PME/SCHOOL ORDERS WILL BE ROUTED THROUGH MFR G-3 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
4.C.  TRANSPORTATION.  TRANSPORTATION COSTS TO AND FROM AIRPORTS ARE REIMBURSABLE.  ATTENDEES SHOULD NOT SCHEDULE ANY FLIGHT DEPARTURE PRIOR TO 1800 ON THEIR SCHEDULED GRADUATION DATE.  PARENT COMMANDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF RENTAL CARS.
4.D.  LODGING.  ACCEPTED ATTENDEES WHO REQUIRE LODGING ARE REQUIRED TO LODGE AT LIVERSEDGE HALL, TEL (703)-784-3149.  IF BILLETING AT LIVERSEDGE HALL IS NOT AVAILABLE, MARINES MUST RECEIVE A NON-AVAILABILITY STATEMENT FROM  LIVERSEDGE HALL BEFORE ARRANGING OFF-BASE LODGING.  DUE TO LODGING EXPENSES AT THE TAD SITE, IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT RESERVE UNITS USE THE INITIAL PAYMENT PROCESS (IPP).
4.E.  UNIFORM.
4.E.1.  THE PRESCRIBED UNIFORM IS SEASONAL MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM (MCCUU) AND SEASONAL SERVICE UNIFORM.
4.E.2.  STUDENTS SHOULD BRING A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF UNIFORMS FOR THE DURATION OF THE COURSE.
4.E.3.  ALL WEATHER COAT OR TANKER JACKET IS OPTIONAL.
4.E.4.  APPROPRIATE CIVILIAN ATTIRE IS REQUIRED.
4.F.  SOCIAL EVENTS.
4.F.1.  ALL ATTENDEES WILL ATTEND A MANDATORY PROFESSIONAL DINNER.  THE PRESCRIBED UNIFORM FOR THE DINNER IS CIVILIAN ATTIRE (MALE: SUIT AND TIE, FEMALE: DRESS OR EQUIVALENT BUSINESS ATTIRE).
4.F.2.  DEPENDING UPON AVAILABILITY, ALL ATTENDEES WILL ATTEND AN EVENING PARADE AT 8TH AND I, WASHINGTON,DC.  (SLACKS AND COLLARED SHIRT).
5.  COMMAND AND SIGNAL.
5.A.  INQUIRIES REGARDING THE CONTENT OF THIS MARADMIN CAN BE DIRECTED TO SGTMAJ DAVID MADDUX, DIRECTOR OF THE SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN H. G. PRATT, COMMANDING GENERAL EDUCATION COMMAND; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//