R 311600Z OCT 23
MARADMIN 553/23
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/SENIOR ENLISTED BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 SEAT ALLOCATION ASSIGNMENTS//
REF/A/MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC/170052ZNOV15//
NARR/ REF A, MARADMIN 575/15, IS THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND FORMAL SCHOOLS TRAINING SUPPORT PROGRAM GUIDANCE.//
POC/MR. T.J. DEVLIN/MCU/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: (703)/432-5684/EMAIL: TIMOTHY.DEVLIN@USMCU.EDU//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Situation
1.a. The Senior Enlisted Blended Seminar Program (SEBSP) combines resident and nonresident education at or near home stations. The College of Distance Education and Training (CDET) SEBSPs are located at the following Marine Corps University (MCU) regional campuses: Camp Pendleton, California (CPCA); Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (CLNC); Quantico, Virginia (QUAN); Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan (OKIN) and Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
1.b. The SEBSP delivers a rigorous curriculum in a blended format focused on the following core areas: Warfighting, Leadership and Ethics, and Communication Studies. SEBSP will be accessible by all first sergeants and master sergeants and is a professional military education (PME) requirement. Once SEBSP is at full operational capability (FOC), the current First Sergeant and Master Sergeant Regional Seminar will be phased out as an option to meet the PME requirement.
1.c. SEBSP is designed for delivery in two stages: Stage one is an eight-week nonresident period and stage two is a two-week resident period.
1.c.1. Stage one, the nonresident seminar (NRS) period, will be accomplished as onsite or synchronous online (via Adobe Connect) seminars that meet one night per week during off-duty hours at home station.
1.c.2. Stage two, the final resident seminar (FRS) period, will occur over two weeks during duty hours at the designated MCU regional campuses. The FRS will be considered local travel or Training and Education Command (TECOM) funded Temporary Additional Duty (TAD), depending upon primary duty station location.
1.c.3. Marines who complete the SEBSP will meet the PME requirement for master sergeants; first sergeants must also complete the First Sergeants Course to meet their PME requirements.
2. Mission. CDET will conduct the SEBSP at designated MCU regional campuses in order to foster the intellectual edge required of our senior enlisted leaders for success in increasingly complex, distributed, and fluid operating environments.
3. Execution
3.a. SEBSP class dates are listed below (read in six columns).
3.a.1. Class dates for Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico, VA:
Class Orientation NRS Begins NRS Ends FRS Report FRS Grad
Q1A 02 Jan 24 08 Jan 24 01 Mar 24 17 Mar 24 29 Mar 24
Q2A 11 Mar 24 18 Mar 24 10 May 24 26 May 24 07 Jun 24
Q2B 11 Mar 24 18 Mar 24 10 May 24 09 Jun 24 21 Jun 24
3.a.2. Class dates for MCB Camp Lejeune, NC:
Class Orientation NRS Begins NRS Ends FRS Report FRS Grad
L1A 02 Jan 24 08 Jan 24 01 Mar 24 17 Mar 24 29 Mar 24
L2A 11 Mar 24 18 Mar 24 10 May 24 26 May 24 07 Jun 24
L2B 11 Mar 24 18 Mar 24 10 May 24 09 Jun 24 21 Jun 24
3.a.3. Class dates for MCB Camp Pendleton, CA:
Class Orientation NRS Begins NRS Ends FRS Report FRS Grad
P1A 02 Jan 24 08 Jan 24 01 Mar 24 17 Mar 24 29 Mar 24
P2A 11 Mar 24 18 Mar 24 10 May 24 26 May 24 07 Jun 24
P2B 11 Mar 24 18 Mar 24 10 May 24 09 Jun 24 21 Jun 24
3.a.4. Class dates for MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan:
Class Orientation NRS Begins NRS Ends FRS Report FRS Grad
J1A 02 Jan 24 08 Jan 24 01 Mar 24 17 Mar 24 29 Mar 24
3.a.5. Class dates for MCB Hawaii:
Class Orientation NRS Begins NRS Ends FRS Report FRS Grad
H2A 11 Mar 24 18 Mar 24 10 May 24 26 May 24 07 Jun 24
3.b. Course Identification (CID) (read in two columns):
Location CID
QUAN M02K41G
CLNC M03K41I
CPCA M10K41G
OKIN M22K418
MCBH M21K417
3.c. SEBSP Seat Allocations. Seat allocations per location are listed below (read in three columns).
3.c.1. Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA:
Class Command Seats
Q1A MARFORCOM 10
MARFORRES 5
MCICOM 11
TECOM 4
Q2A MARFORCOM 10
MARFORRES 5
MCICOM 11
TECOM 4
Q2B MARFORCOM 10
MARFORRES 5
MCICOM 11
TECOM 4
3.c.2. MCB Camp Lejeune, NC:
Class Command Seats
L1A MARFORCOM 17
MARFORRES 4
MARSOC 3
MCICOM 4
TECOM 2
L2A MARFORCOM 17
MARFORRES 4
MARSOC 3
MCICOM 4
TECOM 2
L2B MARFORCOM 17
MARFORRES 4
MARSOC 3
MCICOM 4
TECOM 2
3.c.3. MCB Camp Pendleton, CA:
Class Command Seats
P1A MARFORPAC 22
MARFORRES 4
MCICOM 4
P2A MARFORPAC 22
MARFORRES 4
MCICOM 4
P2B MARFORPAC 22
MARFORRES 4
MCICOM 4
3.c.4. MCB Camp Butler, Japan:
Class Command Seats
J1A MARFORPAC 25
MCICOM 5
3.c.5. MCB Hawaii:
Class Command Seats
H2A MARFORPAC 25
MCICOM 5
3.c.6. Seat allocations per command are listed below (read in three columns).
Command Class Seat
MARFORCOM Q1A 10
Q2A 10
Q2B 10
L1A 17
L2A 17
L2B 17
MARFORPAC P1A 22
P2A 22
P2B 22
J1A 25
H2A 25
MARFORRES Q1A 5
Q2A 5
Q2B 5
L1A 4
L2A 4
L2B 4
P1A 4
P2A 4
P2B 4
MARSOC L1A 3
L2A 3
L2B 3
MCICOM Q1A 11
Q2A 11
Q2B 11
L1A 4
L2A 4
L2B 4
P1A 4
P2A 4
P2B 4
J1A 5
H2A 5
TECOM Q1A 4
Q2A 4
Q2B 4
L1A 2
L2A 2
L2B 2
3.d. Student Eligibility
3.d.1. The SEBSP is a total force program. Commanders must ensure that students selected to attend the SEBSP are available for the FRS and the associated NRS.
3.d.2. Marine Corps commands may nominate first sergeants and master sergeants (including those selected for promotion to either) who have not previously completed the SEPME course (CID: M02KZ50) to attend the SEBSP per the allocations in paragraph 3.c.
4. Administration and Logistics
4.a. Units must submit nominations through their respective MARFOR representative for registration in Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS). Class dates shown in MCTIMS are for the FRS only. However, when registering for the FRS, students also register for the associated NRS. Therefore, all nominations must be registered no later than 30 days before the class orientation date in paragraph 3.a.
4.b. Students who have been registered in MCTIMS and become unable to attend a scheduled class must cancel their registration within the MCTIMS student module. Canceling a student's registration is the unit S-3/G-3 responsibility and shall be coordinated with their respective MARFOR representative.
4.c. Travel Orders and Funding
4.c.1. All attendees shall travel on reporting orders. Orders are the responsibility of the parent command and shall be processed in accordance with reference (a).
4.c.2. TECOM Formal Schools Training Support will fund travel and per diem to include lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for active component Marine participants registered and with approved funding in MCTIMS. Students attending SEBSP on funded TAD orders must arrive for the FRS with reporting orders stating, "Government quarters and meals directed."
4.c.3. Reserve Marines will receive travel and per diem funding from MARFORRES.
4.d. Further guidance regarding uniform requirements, reporting to the NRS, billeting for the FRS, and reporting to the FRS will be provided within a letter of instruction from each regional point of contact (POC) to all students upon verification of attendance.
4.e. Students must possess a personal computer with audio and video capability and internet access; students are encouraged to bring laptops or tablet devices to download student materials for ease of use and studying while attending the SEBSP. Students will be provided a Moodle account once registered for the course. All required student courseware can be downloaded from the MCU Moodle
site. No printed materials will be provided.
4.f. Before arriving, students must read and become familiar with the following publications: Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication (MCDP) 1 Warfighting, MCDP 5 Planning, MCDP 6 Command and Control, and MCDP 7 Learning.
5. Command and Signal
5.a. CDET POC for QUAN is Mr. Mark Shigley, phone: (703) 784-2625 or email: mark.shigley@usmcu.edu.
5.b. CDET POC for CLNC is Mr. Marc Riccio, phone: (910) 451-0282 or email: marc.riccio@usmc.mil.
5.c. CDET POC for CPCA is Mr. Chet Jolley, phone: (760) 725-8400 or email: chester.jolley@usmc.mil.
5.d. CDET POC for OKIN is Mr. Will Thompson, phone: DSN 645-2225 or comm 81-98-970-2225 or email: william.thompson.civ@usmc.mil.
5.e. CDET POC for MCBH is Mr. Cosmas Spofford, phone: (808) 257-1956 or email: cosmas.spofford@usmc.mil.
6. Release authorized by Brigadier General Maura M. Hennigan, President, Marine Corps University.//