R 241020Z AUG 18
MARADMIN 467/18
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 U.S. AIR FORCE SENIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER ENLISTED ACADEMY COURSE DATES//
REF/A/MCO P1553.4B//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO P1553.4B, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION.//
POC/MARK JERRY/MGYSGT/SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY/COLLEGE OF ENLISTED MILITARY EDUCATION/MCU/TEL: (703)432-5542/EMAIL:  MARK.JERRY@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Situation.  Joint-service professional development opportunities for enlisted Marines are limited.  Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy (AFSNCOA) offers a controlled number of seats for the Marine Corps.  This academy is located at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Alabama.  The AFSNCOA is an intensive six-week course comprised of the following core areas:  Military Professional, Joint Warfighter, Operational Manager, Senior Communicator, and Combined Operations.  During the course, students will be required to read and write extensively, and speak publicly.
2.  Mission.  Senior Enlisted Academy will manage the quotas and coordinate the attendance of qualified Marines to AFSNCOA.
3.  Execution.  No command allocations have been established for the AFSNCOA.  The number of allocations the Marine Corps can submit per  class is listed directly following each class number in parenthesis.
Course           Submission deadline       Report          Graduate
SNCOA 19-B (7)   13 Nov 18                 15 Jan 19       21 Feb 19
SNCOA 19-C (7)    8 Jan 19                 12 Mar 19       16 Apr 19
SNCOA 19-D (7)   26 Feb 19                 30 Apr 19        6 Jun 19
SNCOA 19-E (7)    5 May 19                  7 Jul 19        9 Aug 19
SNCOA 19-F (7)   19 Jun 19                 21 Aug 19       27 Sep 19
3.A.  Funding is available through Training and Education Command (TECOM) Worldwide Travel (WWT).  Deputy Director, Senior Enlisted Academy will coordinate student funding for the course through TECOM.  A rental vehicle is encouraged, but will not be funded by WWT.  The students parent command is responsible for rental car funding.
3.B.  Major subordinate commands may nominate Marines in the ranks of Master Sergeant and First Sergeant to attend the course.  Nominees must be submitted through the Marine's Marine Forces (MARFOR) G-3 in coordination with the respective MARFOR Sergeant Major.  Nominations will only be accepted from the MARFOR commands.
3.C.  Course Prerequisites.
3.C.1.  Nominees must have completed the Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education II, accessed at https:(slant)(slant)jkodirect.jten.mil/.
3.C.2.  Nominated First Sergeants must have completed resident First Sergeants Course and the First Sergeant/Master Sergeant Regional Seminar.  Nominated Master Sergeants must have completed First Sergeant/Master Sergeant Regional Seminar.  The respective course completion codes must be reflected in Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS) prior to student nomination.
4.  Administration and Logistics
4.A.  The following information must be submitted for consideration of attendance to the AFSNCOA.
4.A.1.  Course number.
4.A.2.  Last name, first name, middle initial, electronic data interchange personal identifier, and Military occupational specialty.
4.A.3.  Grade and date of rank.
4.A.4.  End of current contract.
4.A.5.  MCTFS confirmation of the prerequisites listed in paragraph 3.C.1.
4.A.6.  Submit a professional resume.  Resume format can be found at  https:(slant)(slant)www.manpower.usmc.mil/portal/page/portal/m_ra_home/mm/b_ea/a_mmea8/b_mmea81.
4.A.7.  Current photo in the Service Charlie uniform.
4.B.  MARFOR G-3s will submit nominees directly to the Director, Senior Enlisted Academy:  scott.hamm@usmc.mil or Deputy Director, Senior Enlisted Academy:  mark.jerry@usmc.mil, and mcu_sepme@usmc.mil
4.C.  All nominations must be received by the submission deadline in paragraph three for the respective course number the nominee desires to attend.
4.D.  Deputy Director, Senior Enlisted Academy will coordinate student registration with AFSNCOA.
4.E.  Lodging.  All attendees are required to stay at the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.4.F.  Reporting.  All approved students will check-in on the respective report date to the lodging office at Gunter Annex, Building 1017, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.  Attendees will receive further reporting guidance upon check-in.
4.G.  Orders.  Parent commands are responsible for proper orders preparation.  Indicate orders are reporting orders, government quarters available, and government messing is not available.
4.H.  Uniform requirement.  Will be provided via separate correspondence.
5.  Command and Signal.  Additional information is available on the Senior Enlisted Professional Military Education website at https:(slant)(slant)www.usmcu.edu/epme/snco-academies/senior-enlisted in the Senior Enlisted Course information section and at http:(slant)(slant)www.au.af.mil/au/barnes/sncoa.
6.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Robert S. Walsh, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.//