MARADMINS : 377/14
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MARADMIN 377/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2016 SCHOOL OF ADVANCED WARFIGHTING APPLICATION//
POC/MS ZENA GIBBS/ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM MANAGER/SAW/MCU/TEL: (703)432-5318/EMAIL: ZENA.GIBBS(AT)USMC.MIL //
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. SITUATION. THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED WARFIGHTING (SAW) IS AN ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCHOOL (A-ILS) THAT PRODUCES OFFICERS QUALIFIED TO FILL HIGH IMPACT SERVICE AND JOINT PLANNING BILLETS. THE PROGRAM ENHANCES OFFICERS' ABILITIES TO DERIVE CRITICAL INSIGHTS FROM LARGE QUANTITIES OF INFORMATION, MAKE TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE DECISIONS, COMMUNICATE SUCCINCTLY BOTH VERBALLY AND IN WRITING, AND COLLABORATE TO PRODUCE COGENT ORDERS. THE CURRICULUM FEATURES RIGOROUS CASE STUDIES, MULTIPLE PLANNING EXERCISES, EXTENSIVE STAFF RIDES, AND A CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE WAR. SAW GRADUATES EARN THE 0505 MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE (MAGTF) PLANNER SECONDARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN OPERATIONAL STUDIES. GRADUATES ALSO HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND COMMAND BASED ON THEIR WELL DEVELOPED CAPABILITY TO REASON CRITICALLY, SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS, AND APPLY OPERATIONAL ART.
2. MISSION. MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY/SAW CONVENES A SELECTION BOARD ON 17 NOV 2014 TO PICK 24 STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2015-2016 (AY16) IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE BEST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME 0505 MAGTF PLANNERS.
3. EXECUTION
3.A. COMMANDER'S INTENT. EDUCATE HIGH CALIBER OFFICERS WHO WILL SERVE AS STAFF PLANNERS IN KEY BILLETS THROUGHOUT THE OPERATING FORCES AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT. A CRITICAL FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS THE COMPETITIVE SELECTION OF QUALIFIED MARINE, JOINT SERVICE, AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICER APPLICANTS WHO HAVE EXCELLED IN ILS PROGRAMS. THE ENDSTATE IS A SAW AY16 STUDENT BODY COMPRISED OF OFFICERS WHO DEMONSTRATE THE CHARACTER, COMPETENCE, AND CREATIVITY TO EXCEL AS PLANNERS, STAFF OFFICERS, AND FUTURE COMMANDERS.
3.B. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS. OFFICERS MEETING THE ADMISSIONS CRITERIA DESCRIBED IN THIS MARADMIN ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR INTENT TO APPLY THROUGH THE SAW ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX:MCU_SAW(AT)USMC.MIL. PROVIDE FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIAL, LAST NAME, PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE EVER HAD A USMC CDET OR CSC BLACKBOARD ACCOUNT.
3.B.1. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
3.B.1.A. U.S. APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR A TS/SCI CLEARANCE.
3.B.1.B. OPEN TO UNRESTRICTED OFFICERS ONLY FROM ALL MOS FIELDS.
3.B.1.C. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (SEP)/ADVANCED DEGREE PROGRAM (ADP) GRADUATES WHO HAVE COMPLETED AN INITIAL SEP/ADP PAYBACK ASSIGNMENT ARE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND SAW.
3.B.1.D. MARINE APPLICANTS MUST BE ILS COMPLETE OR CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN GOOD STANDING AND PROJECTED TO COMPLETE RESIDENT/NON-RESIDENT ILS REQUIREMENTS NLT 3 JUNE 2015. FAILURE TO COMPLETE ILS (RESIDENT OR NON-RESIDENT) WILL TERMINATE ELIGIBILITY.
3.B.1.E. AIR FORCE APPLICANTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED RESIDENT INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION (IDE) OR HAVE RESIDENT IDE CREDIT IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE. ARMY, NAVY, CIVILIAN DOD AND INTERAGENCY APPLICANTS MUST BE RESIDENT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL EDUCATION (ILE) COMPLETE.
3.B.1.F. INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS FROM NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES MUST HAVE GRADUATE-LEVEL CAPABILITY TO COMPREHEND, READ, SPEAK, AND WRITE ENGLISH (TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TOEFL): 83 ON THE INTERNET BASED TEST OR 560 ON THE PAPER BASED TEST). THE TOEFL SCORE MUST BE INCLUDED ON THE APPLICATION UNDER THE CIVILIAN EDUCATION SECTION.
3.B.1.G. INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS MUST HOLD A QUALIFYING UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE (U.S. REGIONALLY OR NATIONALLY ACCREDITED BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR ITS EQUIVALENT).
3.B.1.H. APPLICANTS MUST BE PROMOTED TO MAJ NLT 1 JULY 2015 AND MUST NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY FAILED SELECTION TO LTCOL.
3.B.1.I. OFFICERS MAY NOT BE A LTCOL OR LTCOL (SELECT) AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. IF THE APPLICANT IS IN-ZONE FOR LTCOL AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION, FAILURE TO SELECT TERMINATES SAW ELIGIBILITY.
3.B.1.J. SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE, ACTIVE RESERVE, AND JOINT SERVICE RESERVE OR NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
3.B.1.K. DUE TO HQMC'S EFFORT TO REDUCE COST ASSOCIATED WITH PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) ORDERS, MARINE OFFICERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION UNLESS THEY HAVE SATISFIED TIME ON STATION REQUIREMENTS AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO EXECUTE PCS ORDERS DURING THE SUMMER OF 2015. OFFICERS MAY CONTACT THEIR PRIMARY MOS MONITOR TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR PCS ORDERS.
3.B.1.L. DUE TO FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, MARINE OFFICERS ATTENDING JOINT SERVICE RESIDENT PME AT NEWPORT, FORT LEAVENWORTH, AND MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE WILL NOT NORMALLY BE ALLOWED TO PCS TO QUANTICO FOR SAW. MARINE OFFICERS AT THOSE JOINT SERVICE SCHOOLS WHO DESIRE TO ATTEND AN ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCHOOL SHOULD APPLY FOR ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PME (MARITIME ADVANCE WARFIGHTING SCHOOL (MAWS), SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES (SAMS), OR SCHOOL OF ADVANCE AIR AND SPACE STUDIES (SAASS)) AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION. LIKEWISE, PROSPECTIVE MARINE SAMS OR SAASS STUDENTS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITOL REGION SHOULD APPLY TO SAW AS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS MAY PREVENT OFFICERS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION FROM EXECUTING PCS ORDERS TO JOINT SERVICE A-ILS. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO THIS GUIDANCE WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WITH COORDINATION BETWEEN MANPOWER MANAGEMENT OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS (MMOA) AND THE SAW SELECTION PANEL.
3.B.1.M. OFFICERS SELECTED TO ASSUME COMMAND OF A RECRUITING STATION DURING FY16 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
3.B.1.N. OFFICERS SELECTED BY THE COMMANDANT'S PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATE LEVEL EDUCATION BOARD AND SELECTED BY THE SAW SELECTION PANEL WILL EXECUTE ORDERS TO SAW.
3.B.2. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
3.B.2.A. ALL APPLICANTS MUST ACCESS THE SAW BLACKBOARD SITE: CDET.BLACKBOARD.COM. APPLICANT WILL RECEIVE USER NAME AND PASSWORD FOR ACCESS, ONCE INTENT TO APPLY IS COMMUNICATED VIA THE ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX, MCU_SAW(AT)USMC.MIL.
3.B.2.B. APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ON BLACKBOARD:
3.B.2.B.1. COMPLETE THE SAW APPLICATION FORM.
3.B.2.B.2. COMPLETE THE STANDARDIZED KNOWLEDGE TEST.
3.B.2.B.3. SUBMIT A WRITTEN 500 WORD ESSAY. THE TOPIC FOR THE ESSAY IS PRESCRIBED ON BLACKBOARD.
3.B.2.B.4. A CURRENT MASTER BRIEF SHEET OR SERVICE EQUIVALENT REVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE (OFFICER RECORD BRIEF (ORB), OR SINGLE UNIT RETRIEVAL FORMATS (SURF) WITH INCLUDED OFFICER PERFORMANCE REPORTS (OPR)).
3.B.2.B.5. FIVE (5) MOST RECENT OBSERVED FITNESS REPORTS OR EQUIVALENT EVALUATION.
3.B.2.B.6. MARINE APPLICANTS WHO ARE GRADUATES OF NON-RESIDENT CSC MUST SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR ILS DIPLOMA.
3.B.2.B.7. APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT COPIES OF THEIR COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE TRANSCRIPT(S), UNOFFICAL TRANSCRIPTS ARE ACCEPTABLE. IF SELECTED TO ATTEND SAW, OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS WILL BE REQUIRED.
3.B.2.B.8. APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT AN OFFICIAL PHOTO VIA E-MAIL; INCLUDE LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, PHOTO IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
3.B.2.C. THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION ITEMS WILL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE SAW ORGANIZATIONAL MAILBOX, MCU_SAW(AT)USMC.MIL.ALL APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEIR RESIDENT FACULTY OR ADJUNCT FACULTY ADVISOR. NON-RESIDENT APPLICANTS ALSO NEED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR REPORTING SENIOR. RECOMMENDATION FORMS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/SAW/SITEPAGES/ADMISSION.ASPX. RECOMMENDATIONS NEED TO BE SENT TO MCU_SAW(AT)USMC.MIL WITH A SUBJECT LINE OF "RECOMMENDATION FOR APPLICANT NAME".
3.B.3. TASKS
3.B.3.A. SAW
3.B.3.A.1. ESTABLISH A SELECTION PANEL IN ORDER TO SELECT THE BEST-QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR AY16.
3.B.3.A.2. COORDINATE WITH COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CDET) ON COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (CSCDEP) SUBMISSIONS.
3.B.3.B. CDET: ASSIST CSCDEP SAW APPLICANTS WITH ACQUIRING ADJUNCT FACULTY APPLICATION ENDORSEMENTS.
3.B.4. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS
3.B.4.A. FURTHER INFORMATION ON SAW AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS AVAILABLE AT THE MCU WEBSITE (WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/SAW/SITEPAGES/RECOMMENDATIONS.ASPX).
3.B.4.B. APPLICATION SITE WILL BE ACTIVATED 30 JULY 2014.
3.B.4.C. DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS IS 8 OCT 2014.
3.B.4.D. APPLICANTS MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW. INTERVIEWS IN PERSON FOR OUT OF AREA APPLICANTS ARE NOT REQUIRED. APPLICANTS OUTSIDE THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO SCHEDULE A VIDEO TELECONFERENCING (VTC) OR PHONE INTERVIEW. OUT OF AREA APPLICANTS WHO PREFER A FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW IN QUANTICO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN TRAVEL, LODGING, AND INCIDENTAL COSTS. TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY (TAD) SOLELY TO CONDUCT THE INTERVIEW IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. ONCE APPLICANT IS COMPLETE WITH THE APPLICATION, EMAIL MCU_SAW(AT)USMC.MIL TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW. PLACE "LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, SCHEDULE INTERVIEW" IN SUBJECT LINE.
3.B.4.E. INTERVIEW DATES FOR SAW SELECTION BOARD: 14 OCT - 14 NOV 2014.
3.B.4.F. INTERVIEW LOCATION: SAW, BLDG 3070, ROOM 5,3070 MOREELL AVENUE QUANTICO, VA 22134. NO ON SITE INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE USA COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, OR AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE. JOINT SERVICE APPLICANTS FROM THESE SITES WILL CONDUCT VTC OR PHONE INTERVIEWS. MARINE POCS AT THE ABOVE LOCATIONS ARE LISTED IN PARA FIVE; THEY WILL ASSIST IN THE SCHEDULING OF THESE VTC INTERVIEWS.
3.B.4.G. POTENTIAL APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DISCUSS THEIR INTENT TO APPLY WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE MARINE CORPS MONITOR OR SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS OFFICER PRIOR TO APPLYING. SELECTED APPLICANTS WILL BE SCREENED AND ENDORSED BY MMOA OR OTHER SERVICE PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT SECTIONS.
3.B.4.H. SELECTION RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY SEPARATE MARADMIN. THE GOAL FOR RELEASE OF THE SELECTION MESSAGE IS MID-DECEMBER 2014.
3.B.4.I. A-ILS GRADUATES (SAW, SAMS, SAAS, MAWS) WILL NORMALLY COMPLETE A TWO TO THREE-YEAR UTILIZATION TOUR IN BMOS 0505 UPON GRADUATION. GRADUATES WHO ARE SELECTED TO COMMAND BY THE LTCOL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD MAY HAVE THEIR 0505 TOUR CURTAILED. OFFICERS WHO ARE SELECTED FOR LTCOL AFTER APPLYING TO SAW AND WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COMMAND SCREENING WHILE AT SAW WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE FOR COMMAND IF THE AVAILABLE INVENTORY OF MAGTF PLANNERS IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET USMC 0505 MANNING REQUIREMENTS. THE FY16 COMMAND SCREENING ANNOUNCEMENT MARADMIN WILL CONTAIN MAGTF PLANNER STUDENT ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION.
4. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS. APPLICATION LINKS AND FORMS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE SAW WEBSITE: WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/SAW/SITEPAGES/ADMISSION.ASPX
4.A. IF INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO THE ARMY SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES (SAMS) CONTACT MRS. CANDACE HAMM, COMM (913) 758-3302/DSN 585.
4.B. IF INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO THE AIR FORCE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES (SAASS) CONTACT MS. SHEILA MCKITT, COMM (334) 953-5155/DSN 493 OR SHEILA.MCKITT(AT)US.AF.MIL
4.C. IF INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO MARITIME ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL (MAWS) CONTACT ROB GARDNER, USMC (RET), COMM (401)841-2534/DSN 841-4862 OR ROBERT.GARDNER(AT)USNWC.EDU.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL
5.A. POINTS OF CONTACT AT SAW:
5.A.1. POC AT SAW IS COL M. F. MORRIS, USMC, DIRECTOR, SAW, COMM
(703)784-5121/DSN278 OR MICHAEL.F.MORRIS(AT)USMC.MIL.
5.A.2. SAW SUPPORT CAN BE FOUND VIA LTCOL T. JOHNSON, USMC, DEPUTY, COMM(703)784-6890/DSN 278 OR TERRY.M.JOHNSON(AT)USMC.MIL; LTCOL W. JOHNSON, USMC, OPSO, COMM
(703)432-5411 OR WILLIAM.W.JOHNSON(AT)USMC.MIL; OR MS. ZENA GIBBS, ADMINSTRATIVE ASSISTANT COMM (703)432-5318 OR ZENA.GIBBS(AT)USMC.MIL.
5.B. POC AT CDET IS MR. DENNIS CHINAULT, COMM (703) 784- 5971/DSN 278-5971 OR DENNIS.CHINAULT(AT)USMC.MIL.
5.C. POC AT NAVAL WAR COLLEGE IS COL JAMES GANNON, USMC, COMM (401)841-4862/DSN 948 OR JAMES.GANNON (AT)USNWC.EDU; ALTERNATE IS COL ROB GARDNER, USMC (RET), COMM (401)841-2534/DSN 841-4862 OR ROBERT.GARDNER(AT)USNWC.EDU.
5.D. POC AT ARMY CGSC IS COL JAY JOHNSON, COMM (913)684-4550/DSN 552-4550 OR JAY.E.JOHNSON6.MIL(AT)MAIL.MIL.
5.E. POC AT AIR FORCE ACSC IS LTCOL ALLEN GILBERT USMC, COMM (334)953-2122/DSN 493-2122 OR ALLEN.GILBERT.1(AT)US.AF.MIL.
5.F. CDET REGIONAL DIRECTORS ARE:
5.F.1. MCB CAMP LEJEUNE: NEW RIVER, NORFOLK, LITTLE CREEK, AND MCAS CHERRY POINT, MR. CESARE CARDI, EMAIL AT CESARE.CARDI(AT)USMC.MIL, COMM (910)451-9309/DSN 751-9309.
5.F.2. MATSG PENSACOLA: TAMPA, MCAS BEAUFORT, NAS MERIDIAN, MACDILL AFB, EGLIN AFB, MCLB ALBANY, MCRD PARIS IS, AND NAS WHITING, MR. ART ADKINS, EMAIL AT ARTHUR.ADKINS(AT)USMC.MIL, COMM (850)452-9460 EXT. 3052/DSN 922-9460 EXT. 3052.
5.F.3. MCB CAMP PENDLETON: BARSTOW, 29 PALMS, AND BRIDGEPORT, MR. JEFF WILLIS, EMAIL AT JEFFREY.R.WILLIS(AT)USMC.MIL, COMM (760) 725-8400/3473/DSN 365-8400/3473.
5.F.4. MCB HAWAII: MR. COS SPOFFORD, EMAIL AT COSMAS.SPOFFORD.CTR(AT)USMC.MIL, COMM (808) 257-1956/1165/ DSN 457-1956/1165.
5.F.5. MCAS MIRAMAR, YUMA, MCRD SAN DIEGO, AND NPS, MR. GARY DAHL, EMAIL AT CONRAD.DAHL(AT)USMC.MIL, COMM (858) 577-1373/1374/DSN 267-1373/1374.
5.F.6. MCB JAPAN: OKINAWA, MARFOR KOREA, IWAKUNI, AND CAMP FUJI, MR. JIM HOPKINS, EMAIL AT JAMES.P.HOPKINS1(AT)USMC.MIL, COMM 011-81-6117-45-2230/2208/2500/DSN 645-2208/2230/2500.
5.F.7. QUANTICO, USNA, WASHINGTON DC, AND PATUXENT RIVER, MR. MARK SHIGLEY, EMAIL AT MARK.SHIGLEY(AT)USMC.MIL, COMM (703)784-2625/DSN 278-2625.5.F.8. JRB FORT WORTH, NEW ORLEANS, NAS CORPUS CHRISTI, NAS KINGSVILLE, KANSAS CITY, FT SILL, AND FT LEONARD WOOD, MR. MICHAEL MACIEL, EMAIL AT MICHAEL.MACIEL(AT)USMC.MIL, COMM (817)782-3207/804/DSN 739-3207.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN T. D. WEIDLEY, COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND,PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//