SOLICITING NOMINATIONS FOR THE FY20 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE INSTITUTE COURSES
Date Signed: 7/23/2019 | MARADMINS Number: 407/19
MARADMINS : 407/19

R 231250Z JUL 19
MARADMIN 407/19
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC PPO PL WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/SOLICITING NOMINATIONS FOR THE FY20 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE INSTITUTE (NSSI) COURSES//
REF/A/DOC/SECDEF U17370/01/18OCT2001//
AMPN/REF A PROMULGATED SECDEF GUIDANCE REGARDING CHANGES TO NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION.//
POC1/J.W. PROSS/MAJOR/PPO PLI/-/TEL:(703) 692-3421/ EMAIL: JOHN.W.PROSS@USMC.MIL//
POC2/K.P. KLAICH /CONTRACTOR/PPO PLI/-/TEL:(703) 692-3345/ EMAIL: KRISTOPHER.KLAICH.CTR@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The purpose of this MARADMIN is to solicit nominees to attend FY20 basic and advanced space operations courses.  The National Security Space Institute offers the Space 200 and Space 300 courses.  Space 200 is a four-week academic course designed to provide training for mid-grade officers, enlisted, and civilian personnel in order to gain knowledge and develop skills required to apply space capabilities to combat operations.  Space 200 is the primary training for the FMOS 0540 (Space Operations Staff Officer) billets. Space 300 is a three-week academic course designed to provide training for mid- to senior-grade officers, enlisted, and civilian personnel.
2.  Background:  DOD implemented a space professional strategy in order to grow and maintain cognizance and expertise in the space domain.  IAW REF A, the Marine Corps maintains space professionals to support Marine Corps equities in space and to ensure that space-based capabilities are leveraged to the maximum extent possible during MAGTF expeditionary operations. Advanced space education is vital to maintaining relevant space professionals. HQMC PPO(PLI) provides information on space training opportunities and serves as a liaison to NSSI for attendance at these courses.  The complexity of current operations and the increasing importance of space-based capabilities (friendly, neutral, and adversary, military and commercial) have created a corresponding demand for a workforce of formally trained personnel within the Marine Corps in both the operating forces and supporting establishment.  Over 50 billets throughout the Marine Corps are identified in TFSMS where Marines with the MOS 0540 are desirable, to include billets at the MEF and MEU Command Elements, Division Headquarters, and MAW Headquarters.  A current list of billets can be found at the USMC Space Cadre milSuite site:  https:(slash)(slash)www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/usmc-space-cadre.
3.  Course Description:
3.A.  Name:  NSSI Space 200 and Space 300
3.A.1.  Space 200:  Marines selected to attend Space 200 will analyze the impact of space mission areas in support of joint and coalition operations and analyze the impact of offensive and defensive space control capabilities on joint and coalition forces. Topics include principles of systems engineering fundamentals, operational risk assessment, economic, political, and military impacts, competing space and counterspace capabilities, position, navigation, and timing (PNT), navigation warfare, use of the GPS Interference and Navigation Tool (GIANT), adversary intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, missile warning, and space and cyberspace threats.
3.A.2.  Space 300:  Marines selected to attend Space 300 will analyze National and DOD space-related acquisitions, policy, strategy, doctrine, and international and domestic law while considering space power contributions to national security.  Topics include space law, space policy, geopolitical foundations, space doctrine, space acquisition environment, and integration of space into operational scenarios.
3.A.3.  Additional course information can be found on the NSSI website:  https:(slash)(slash)www.afit.edu/nssi.
3.B.  Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
3.C.  Duration:  Space 200 is four weeks (18 training days).  Space 300 is three weeks (15 training days).
3.D.  Available course numbers and dates (read in four columns):  SPACE 200:
Course Number Check in Date  Check Out Date  Available Seats

SP200-20A     2 Oct 19       29 Oct 19       2
SP200-20B     15 Oct 19      7 Nov 19        2
SP200-20C     6 Jan 20       31 Jan 20       2
SP200-20D     21 Jan 20      13 Feb 20       2
SP200-20E     3 Feb 20       28 Feb 20       2
SP200-20F     18 Feb 20      12 Mar 20       2
SP200-20G     3 Mar 20       26 Mar 20       1
SP200-20H     17 Mar 20      9 Apr 20        2
SP200-20I     31 Mar 20      23 Apr 20       2
SP200-20J     14 Apr 20      7 May 20        2
SP200-20K     28 Apr 20      21 May 20       2
SP200-20L     18 May 20      12 Jun 20       2
SP200-20M     26 May 20      18 Jun 20       2
SP200-20N     2 Jun 20       25 Jun 20       2
SP200-20O     14 Jul 20      6 Aug 20        1
SP200-20P     28 Jul 20      20 Aug 20       2
SP200-20Q     11 Aug 20      3 Sep 20        2
SP200-20R     24 Aug 20      18 Sep 20       2
SPACE 300:
Course Number Check in Date  Check Out Date  Available Seats
SP300-20E     5 Feb20      27 Feb20        1
SP300-20F     2 Mar 20      20 Mar 20       1
SP300-20G     30 Mar 20      17 Apr 20       1
SP300-20H     27 Apr 20      15 May 20       1
SP300-20I     1 Jun 20      19 Jun 20       1
SP300-20J     13 Jul 20      21 Jul20        1
SP300-20K     10 Aug 20      28 Aug 20       1
Travel dates are one day before and after check in and out dates.

3.E.  Funding:  For eligible officers in a designated MOS 0540 billet, TAD funding (travel, MIE, and lodging) is provided by TECOM for Space 200.  For Marines not in a designated MOS 0540 billet and for Space 300, all TAD (MIE and lodging) and travel costs must be approved by the students commander and funded by the students parent organization.  There is no registration fee to attend the courses.  Applications will include a statement that the students command is aware of the TAD funding requirement, HQMC PPO(PLI) will not guarantee funding.
4.  Course Prerequisites:
4.A.  Rank:  Active or reserve officers, enlisted, or civilians, preferably with 8-10 years time in service for Space 200 and 10-15 years time in service for Space 300.
4.B.  MOS:  These courses are open to any MOS. For Space 200 and 300, preference will be given to personnel in billets identified with the FMOS 0540 or 8866 designation or billets, specifically within the MEF and MIGs, and MOSs dealing with space systems and applications to operational planning.
4.C.  Experience:  Preference will be given to personnel who have served in or are currently serving in a space-related billet.
4.D.  Education:  There are no unique educational prerequisites for Space 200.  Undergraduate or advanced degrees in science or space-related fields may be of benefit to the prospective student and should be annotated in the application. In order to attend Space 300, the student must have completed Space 200.
4.E.  Security Clearance:  A Secret clearance is required for Space 200.  A Top Secret clearance with access to SCI is required for Space 300.  These requirements cannot be waived.
5.  Application Procedures:
5.A.  For Marines at I, II, or III MEF, contact the MEF Space Operations Officers for registration procedures.  For Marines at MARFORCYBER and its subordinate organizations, contact the MARFORCYBER STO Chief for registration procedures.  Applications received without appropriate endorsement will be returned.
I MEF:  Capt Robert Costello, robert.costello@usmc.mil, 760-725-9267.
II MEF:  Maj Robert Manuel, robert.manuel@usmc.mil, 910-451-8860.
III MEF:  Capt Nicholas Koeppen, nicholas.koeppen@usmc.mil, 315-622-3647.
MARFORCYBER:  Mr. Gregory Winger, gvwinge@nsa.gov, 667-812-1847.
5.B.  For all other Marines, applications will be submitted via AA Form (NAVMC 10274) to PPO/PLI.  Required supporting documentation will be submitted as enclosures.
5.C.  Specific Instruction for Application:
5.C.1.  Block 6. I, II, or III MEF Space Operations Officer or MARFORCYBER STO Chief (as appropriate).
5.C.2.  Block 7. HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS
                PLANS, POLICIES AND OPERATIONS
                ATTN: PLI (MAJ J. PROSS)
                3000 MARINE CORPS PENTAGON
                WASHINGTON, DC 20350-3000
5.C.3.  Block 8. Request to attend NSSI and Course Name.
5.C.4.  Block 11. Include the following documents:
5.C.4.A.  If applicable, copies of graduation certificates for completed space operations or related courses.
5.C.4.B.  If applicable, any additional documentation substantiating space operations experience.
5.C.4.C.  Endorsement from Commander or other O5 level authority (required).
5.C.4.D.  If applicable, appropriate endorsement.
5.C.5.  Block 12.
5.C.5.A.  Course date and number.  If there is no preference, please state.  If multiple dates/courses are acceptable, provide course numbers and dates in order of preference.
5.C.5.B.  Security clearance and date adjudicated.
5.C.5.C.  Work phone number (Commercial and DSN) and email address.
5.C.5.D.  Statement indicating parent command is aware of the costs incurred (TAD only, there is no registration fee for course attendance).
5.C.5.E.  Current billet title.
5.C.5.F.  If applicable, billet title and description of duties where space operations experience was gained. Ensure description remains unclassified.
5.C.5.G.  Time left on current contract.
5.D.  All applications for the courses are due to PPO/PLI by 19 August 2019. PPO/PLI will assign course dates based on priority in consultation with MEF Space Operations Officers and student preferences.  Personnel selected will be notified via email or phone.  Completed applications should be scanned and emailed to the appropriate MEF or PPO/PLI.  Applications can be mailed to address in Block 7.  All applications must include appropriate MEF endorsement and acknowledgement that funding will not be guaranteed.  Encrypted email will be used for the transmittal of any personally identifiable information or other sensitive information.
6.  This MARADMIN is applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve.
7.  Release authorized by Col Marcus B. Annibale, Director, Strategy and Plans Division, Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps.//