R 132045Z APR 17
MARADMIN 183/17
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM FY17-18 SEAT QUOTA ASSIGNMENTS//
REF/A/MCO P1553.4B//
REF/B/MARADMIN 703-08//
REF/C/MCO 1553.2B//
REF/D/MARADMIN 575-15//
NARR/REF A IS THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) REQUIREMENTS ORDER FOR OFFICERS. REF B MODIFIES AND UPDATES REF A WITH REGARD TO OFFICER PME. REF C OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR FILLING FORMAL SCHOOL SEATS. REF D PROVIDES PROCEDURES FOR FORMAL SCHOOL TAD FUNDING REQUESTS.//
POC/DR. J. F. HEMLEBEN/MCU/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: DSN 278.0741 COMM 703.784.0741/EMAIL: JOHN.HEMLEBEN@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose: To provide commands with Marine Corps University (MCU) Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS) and Command and Staff College (CSC) Blended Seminar Program (BSP) seat quotas. This CMC directed professional military education (PME) program provides officers an opportunity to receive a hybrid resident PME experience via a BSP. The BSP is a combination of resident and non-resident online education at or near home station. The College of Distance Education and Training (CDET), EWS, and CSC BSPs are located at the following MCU regional campuses: Camp Pendleton, California (CPCA), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (CLNC), Quantico, Virginia, Camp Butler, Okinawa, and EWSBSP only in MCBH Kaneohe Bay. These programs enable students to gain a greater depth of educational experience, while minimizing family turbulence by allowing them to remain on station and with their commands.
2. The program provides the opportunity for officers to complete Career Level School (CLS) or Intermediate Level School (ILS) within one academic year, earning graduates of both programs PME credit and also joint PME (JPME) Phase One credit for ILS. The following are program details for fiscal year (FY) 17-18.
2.A. EWSBSP is designed for delivery in three stages: Stage One is a 29-day resident period, Stage Two is a 12-week online period, Stage Three is a 6-week resident period. CSCBSP is also designed for delivery in three stages: Stage One is a 4-week resident period, Stage Two is a 28-week online period, Stage Three is a 6-week resident period.
2.B. Each resident period will be considered local travel or Training and Education Command (TECOM) funded TAD, depending upon home station location, while the online period will be accomplished during the officers off-duty time at home station.
3. Officer Eligibility
3.A. The BSP is a total force program.
3.B. Commanders should ensure that officers selected to attend the BSP are available for both resident periods. Even though there are no current service obligations upon completion of the BSP, commands are requested to ensure officers who are retirement eligible will remain in service a minimum of 24 months after graduation. Officers must also have computer and internet access to complete the online seminar portion of the BSP.
3.C. EWSBSP: Captains, Limited Duty Officer (LDO) Captains, Captain selects, and Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)3s (see notes after seat quotas below).
3.D. CSCBSP: Majors, LDO Majors, Major selects, and CWO4s (see notes after seat quotas below). Captains who are CLS complete and have 3 years time in grade at the time of reporting and CWO3s who are CLS complete and have 2 years time in grade at the time of reporting will be considered as alternates and placed on a wait list for available seats.
3.E. Eligible officers are encouraged to volunteer to attend the BSP. Anyone desiring to volunteer should contact their command and the closest CDET regional director listed in this MARADMIN. Volunteers will be coordinated with the commands listed in para 4 below to fill seat quotas.
4. Marine Corps commands listed below are required to provide eligible officers for the following class seats that are based on CMC targets by MOS category, Ground Combat (GC), Combat Support (CS), and Aviation (AA). Examples: 1302=GC, 0602=CS, and 6002=AA.
4.A. EWSBSP class dates (read in three columns):
Class no./location Report 1st Report 2nd
Res Period Res Period
801-802/CLNC 9 Jul 17(801) 29 Oct 17(802)
803-804/CPCA 9 Jul 17(803) 29 Oct 17(804)
811-812/Okin 9 Jul 17(811) 29 Oct 17(812)
805-806/Quan 5 Oct 17(805) 22 Mar 18(806)
807-808/CLNC 7 Jan 18(807) 29 Apr 18(808)
809-810/CPCA 7 Jan 18(809) 29 Apr 18(810)
813-814/Okin 7 Jan 18(813) 29 Apr 18(814)
815-816/MCBH 19 Feb 18(815) 10 Jun 18(816)
4.B. Course Identification (CID)(read in three columns):
Location 1st res 2nd res
CLNC M0329XI M0329QI
CPCA M1029XG M1029QG
Quan M0229XG M0229QG
Okin M2229X8 M2229Q8
MCBH M2129X7 M2129Q7
4.C. EWSBSP seat quotas are listed below (read in four columns). Temporary additional duty (TAD) allowances are the maximum number of funded TAD seats authorized. All other participants are considered local.
Command Class(MCTIMS) Seats/MOS CAT TAD Allowance
MCCDC 805-806/Quan 1/GC 0
MARFORCYBER 805-806/Quan 1/any MOS 1
TECOM/TCOM 801-802/CLNC 3/GC 4/CS note2 3
803-804/CPCA 3/GC 2/CS note2 2
805-806/Quan 2/GC 2/AA 1
807-808/CLNC 3/GC 4/CS note2 3
809-810/CPCA 3/GC 2/CS note2 2
MARCORSYSCOM 805-806/Quan 1 any MOS 0
MARFORCOM 801-802/CLNC 8/GC 8/CS 8/AA note3 8
807-808/CLNC 8/GC 8/CS 8/AA note3 8
MCICOM/MCNCRC 801-802/CLNC 2/CS 1
803-804/CPCA 2/CS note1 1
805-806/Quan 1/GC 2/CS 2/AA note2 2
807-808/CLNC 2/CS note1 2
809-810/CPCA 2/CS note1 2
811-812/Okin 1/CS note1 1
813-814/Okin 1/CS 1
MARFORPAC 803-804/CPCA 9/GC 9/CS 9/AA note3 9
809-810/CPCA 9/GC 9/CS 9/AA note3 9
811-812/Okin 4/GC 3/CS 4/AA note1 3
813-814/Okin 4/GC 3/CS 4/AA note1 3
815-816/MCBH 3/GC 3/CS 4/AA note2 1
MARFORSOC 801-802/CLNC 2/GC 1
803-804/CPCA 1/GC 0
807-808/CLNC 2/GC 1
809-810/CPCA 1/GC 0
MARFORRES (note4)
801-802/CLNC 1/CS
803-804/CPCA 1/GC 1/CS
805-806/Quan 2/aa
807-808/CLNC 1/CS
809-810/CPCA 1/CS 1/AA
Note1: 1-CWO3 authorized
Note2: 2-CWO3s authorized
Note3: 3-CWO3s authorized
Note4: Reserve Command Screening Program (CSP) board selected/Marine Corps Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) funded
4.D. There are no CSCBSP classes in Hawaii. Majors/CWO4s in Hawaii are eligible to attend any of the CSCBSP classes at CPCA listed below. CSCBSP class dates (read in three columns):
Class no./location Report 1st Report 2nd
Res Period Res Period
801-802/Quan 11 Jun 17(801) 29 Apr 18(802)
803-804/CLNC 6 Aug 17(803) 15 Apr 18(804)
805-806/CPCA 6 Aug 17(805) 15 Apr 18(806)
811-812/Okin 6 Sep 17(811) 22 Apr 18(812)
807-808/CLNC 4 Feb 18(807) 23 Sep 18(808)
809-810/CPCA 4 Feb 18(809) 23 Sep 18(810)
4.E. CIDs (read in three columns):
1st res 2nd res
Quan M02SA1G M02RZZG
CLNC M03SA1I M03RZZI
CPCA M10SA1G M10RZZG
Okin M22SA18 M22RZZ8
4.F. CSCBSP seat quotas are listed below (read in four columns). TAD allowances are the maximum number of funded TAD seats authorized. All other participants are considered local.
Command Class(MCTIMS) Seats/MOS Cat TAD Allowance
MCCDC 801-802/Quan 1/CS 0
TECOM/TCOM 801-802/Quan 1/GC 1/AA 1
803-804/CLNC 1/GC 1/CS 1
805-806/CPCA 1/GC 1/CS 1
807-808/CLNC 1/GC 1/CS 1
809-810/CPCA 1/GC 1/CS 1
MARCORSYSCOM 801-802/Quan 1 any MOS 0
MARFORCOM 803-804/CLNC 2/GC 3/CS 2/AA note1 2
807-808/CLNC 2/GC 3/CS 3/AA note2 3
MCICOM/MCNCRC 801-802/Quan 1/GC 2/CS 2/AA note1 2
803-804/CLNC 1/CS 1
805-806/CPCA 1/CS 1
807-808/CLNC 1/CS 1
809-810/CPCA 1/CS 1
811-812/Okin 2/CS note1 2
MARFORPAC 805-806/CPCA 2/GC 3/CS 3/AA note2 2
809-810/CPCA 2/GC 3/CS 3/AA note2 2
811-812/Okin 3/GC 3/CS 4/AA note2 4
MARFORSOC 803-804/CLNC 1/GC 1
807-808/CLNC 1/GC 1
MARFORRES (note3)
801-802/Quan 1/GC 1/CS
803-804/CLNC 1/CS
805-806/CPCA 1/AA
809-810/CPCA 1/GC
Note1: 1-CWO4 authorized
Note2: 2-CWO4s authorized
Note3: Reserve CSP board selected/MARFORRES funded
4.G. Although MARFORRES quotas reflect reservists only, regular officers assigned to MARFORRES are encouraged to contact either MARFORRES G3/5 training or a CDET regional director for seats. Similarly, commands with no quotas allocated should contact the CDET regional director nearest the command to inquire about BSP seats. All officers assigned to commands that do not have MCTIMS student registrar requirement sponsors or training quota control managers will be registered by CDET/MCU. Those officers assigned to the National Capital Region will be registered by Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM).
4.H. Commands are encouraged to include international officers for participation in the BSP. Those on the USMC Personnel Exchange Program (PEP), liaison officers, or countries working with the MEFS are all welcome to participate. Countries are required to pay tuition except for USMC PEPs. POCs in para 5A and 6 below will assist in these efforts by coordinating with MCSCG Ft Story VA. TECOM will not fund TAD for international officers.
5. Coordinating instructions
5.A. Commands are required to register names in MCTIMS and to inform MCU/CDET POC NLT 30 days before all EWSBSP and CSCBSP classes. Reporting location for CPCA is second deck of Bldg 23195 aboard MCAS with Mr. Jeff Willis. CLNC is Bldg 403, L street with Mr. Cesare Cardi. Okinawa is BLDG 5674 Camp Foster with Mr. Chet Jolley. MCBH is second deck of bldg 224 aboard MCBH with Mr. Cos Spofford. Quan-EWS second deck bldg 2077 with Mr. Stuart Weinstein, Quan-CSC third deck of the Warner Center with Mr. Dennis Haskin. Participating officers should report ready to begin classes at 0800 on the day following the report date. Uniform: Contact the appropriate regional POC for local uniform requirements. Any officer requiring billeting will need to contact the appropriate regional POC for assistance.
5.B. Registration responsibility and travel. Commands training quota control managers will register participants into MCTIMS using the formal school procedure outlined in Ref C and in accordance with para 4G above. Those same managers filling TAD allowances must each request funding authorization for their active duty participants from TECOM G8 through MCTIMS in accordance with Ref D.CG, TECOM will fund travel and per diem to include lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for regular component Marine participants registered in MCTIMS. Officers attending on funded TAD orders must arrive for both periods with reporting orders that state (government quarters directed if available messing not available), all others should arrive for both periods with non-reporting orders. Reserve officers will receive funding for travel and per diem from MARFORRES. Commands are not authorized to exceed TAD allowances listed in para 4C and 4F above. Local travel will not be funded. Students will participate in at least one overnight battlefield staff ride/offsite and MCU will provide an endorsement for dual lodging for those sent TAD. Local students will be funded for that event by MCU.
5.C. The first resident period for the EWSBSP is less than 30 days. Officers will not require TD FITREPs prior to attendance. The second resident period of six weeks will require TD FITREPs from commands prior to attendance. MCU will run FD reports upon completion of the program.
5.D. Both resident periods for the CSCBSP run over 30 days and will require TD FITREPs from commands prior to attendance. MCU will run FD reports upon completion of each period.
5.E. USMC officer BSP students and graduates may volunteer to be considered by the Commandants Career Level Education Board (CCLEB) and the Commandants Professional Intermediate-Level Board (CPIB) for the purposes of assignment to graduate-level education and select special programs only. These officers will not be eligible for resident career level PME or resident intermediate level PME. USMC officer BSP students and graduates who volunteer to be considered by the CCLEB and CPIB must notify their primary monitor of this intention no later than 30 days before the CCLEB/CPIB board convenes. CG, EDCOM will ensure all current students enrolled in BSP are identified to MMOA no later than 30 days before the CCLEB/CPIB board convenes. USMC officer CSCBSP graduates and students enrolled in the CSCBSP are eligible for selection to second year intermediate level PME schools which include the Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW), the Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), the Navy Maritime Advanced Warfighting School (MAWS), and the Air Force School of Advanced Airpower Studies (SAAS).
5.F. Officers are required to possess a computer and are highly encouraged to bring laptops, tablet devices, or e-readers to download student materials for ease of use and studying while attending the BSP. All required student courseware can be downloaded from the MCU blackboard site. Officers will be provided a blackboard account once registered in MCTIMS. No printed materials will be provided.
6. Command and signal. CDET POC for seats at Quantico EWS is Mr. Stuart Weinstein phone (703) 784-5448 or email: stuart.weinstein@usmc.mil. POC for Quantico CSC is Mr. Dennis Haskin phone (703)432-5257 or email: dennis.haskin@usmcu.edu. POC for CPCA is Mr. Jeff Willis phone (760) 763-8422 or email: jeffrey.r.willis@usmc.mil. POC for CLNC is Mr. Cesare Cardi phone (910)451-4796 or email: cesare.cardi@usmc.mil. POC for Okin is Mr. Chet Jolley phone dsn 645-2500, comm 81-98-970-2500 or email: chester.jolley@usmc.mil. POC MCBH is Mr. Cos Spofford phone (808) 257-1956 or email: cosmas.spofford@usmc.mil.
7. Release authorized by Lieutenant General Robert S. Walsh, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.//