R 181100Z JAN 24
MARADMIN 019/24
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABLE FISCAL YEAR 2024 EXECUTIVE LEVEL EDUCATION ASSIGNMENTS//
REF/A/MSGID/DOC/MM/YMD:20190530//
REF/B/MSGID/DOC/CMC/YMD:20210510//
REF/C/MSGID/DOC/CMC/YMD:20080125//
REF/D/MSGID/MSG/CMC/YMD:20081211//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1524.1, MARINE CORPS GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM. REF B IS MCO 1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF C IS MCO 1553.4B, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. REF D IS MARADMIN 703/08, OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SUMMARY.//
POC/MICHAEL D. SCOTTO/MAJ/MMOA-3/(703) 784-9284/EMAIL: MICHAEL.D.SCOTTO@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. This message announces Executive Level Education (ELE) assignments available during fiscal year 2024 (FY24) eligibility criteria for interested officers, and outlines the process for requesting assignment to ELE.
1.a. ELE assignment process. Director, Manpower Management approves these high-visibility assignments based on the qualities of interested officers who meet the eligibility criteria outlined below. Unless otherwise noted, Manpower Management will consider only officers who request assignment to ELE via the process outlined in paragraph 5. Those ELE assignments noted as a Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) nomination will include consideration of all eligible officers.
1.b. Major timeline milestones are:
Date Milestone
Release of this message Request period open
31 January 2024 Requests due
23 February 2024 ELE results released
2. Background
2.a. ELE programs. ELE programs are 10-12 month education or fellowship programs available to post-Top Level School (TLS) lieutenant colonels and colonels.
3. Eligibility
3.a. Eligibility criteria
3.a.1. Colonels who will have 24 months time-on-station (TOS) by 31 July 2024 or are otherwise scheduled to complete their prescribed tour control factor (TCF) in FY24.
3.a.2. Lieutenant colonels who have completed either resident or non-resident TLS and will have 24 months TOS by 31 July 2024 or are otherwise scheduled to complete their prescribed TCF in FY24.
3.b. Ineligibility criteria
3.b.1. Lieutenant colonels in the above zone for promotion.
3.b.2. Limited duty officers.
3.b.3. Officers with an approved voluntary separation or retirement date.
3.c. Contact primary military occupational specialty (PMOS) monitors with questions regarding eligibility.
4. Available ELE assignments
4.a. The below assignments to foreign professional military education (FPME) and CMC fellowships are available during FY24. Please see the websites in paragraphs 4.a.1. and 4.a.2., respectively, for further information.
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Assignment Quota Report Rotate Note
Atlantic Council of the United States
(Washington, DC) 1 Jul 24 Jun 25
Brookings Institution
(Washington, DC) 1 Jul 24 Jun 25
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
(Washington, DC) 1 Jul 24 Jun 25
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
(Washington, DC) 1 Jul 24 Jun 25
Council on Foreign Relations
(New York, NY) 1 Jul 24 Jun 25 1
France, Centre des Hautes Etudes Militaires/ Centre for Advanced Military Studies
(Paris, France) 1 Aug 24 Jul 25 2
United Kingdom, Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS)
(London, UK) 1 Aug 24 Jul 25 3
Note 1: Must be a colonel. CMC nomination. Independent nomination and selection process beginning March 2024.
Note 2: Must be a colonel, fluent in French. Contact the MCU POC listed in paragraph 7 for more information. Provided for information only as this year's nomination process is complete. The next USMC quota will be for the course beginning in August 2027.
Note 3: Must be a colonel. See FPME website for more information and/or contact the MCU POC listed in paragraph 7.
4.a.1. Foreign PME website: https:(slash)(slash)www.usmcu.edu/Academic-Programs/CMC-Fellows-Strategists-Foreign-PME-Olmsted-Scholars/Foreign-Professional-Military-Education/
4.a.2. CMC fellowship website: https:(slash)(slash)www.usmcu.edu/Academic-Programs/CMC-Fellows-Strategists-Foreign-PME-Olmsted-Scholars/Commandant-of-the-Marine-Corps-Fellowships/
5. Request process
5.a. Officers who meet the eligibility criteria outlined above and who are interested in ELE assignment shall send an email to their PMOS monitor listed in paragraph 7 stating their interest in ELE assignment no later than 31 January 2024. In this email, officers shall also list, in order of preference, the ELE programs they request assignment to. Interested officers are not required to list all available ELE assignments and may request assignment to a single program.
5.b. Following receipt of the email, PMOS monitors will confirm whether or not an officer is eligible and that the officer is now under consideration for ELE assignment.
5.c. Officers may submit any material not found in their Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) via email to their PMOS monitor. This includes letters of recommendation. Officers may submit a letter to Director, Manpower Management, similar to a letter to the board, but are reminded that such letters should either: (1) Explain a discrepancy in a Fitness Report (FitRep) or record; (2) Explain unique circumstances that led to a career path perceived as significantly different from your MOS’s published roadmap; or (3) Explain a discrepancy not covered by case (1) and (2). Any letters should be brief and limited to a clear explanation of the issue involved.
6. Assignment results. Manpower Management will release assignment results via MARADMIN on or about 23 February 2024.
6.a. Alternates. Manpower Management will identify officers as alternates for assignment if ELE program vacancies occur. The results MARADMIN will identify these alternates.
6.b. Declinations. Officers assigned to an ELE program who decline must do so via AA form, endorsed by the first general officer in their chain of command, forwarded to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) (MMOA). Unless otherwise approved by Director, Manpower Management, officers who decline assignment to an ELE program will not be considered for any other ELE program during the slating year and are ineligible for future ELE assignment. The results MARADMIN will establish a deadline for declination requests.
6.c. Deferrals
6.c.1. Officers assigned to ELE who are unable to execute orders due to extraordinary life or personal circumstances may request a deferral. Officers requesting deferral must do so via AA form, endorsed by the first general officer in their chain of command, forwarded to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) (MMOA). The results MARADMIN will establish a deadline for deferral requests.
6.c.2. If approved, the Director, Manpower Management will defer officers to a future ELE assignment.
7. Points of contact.
Colonel N. I. Brown, Branch Head, MMOA
DSN: 278-9300, Comm: (703) 784-9300
Email: nick.brown@usmc.mil
Colonel K. M. Gall, Ground Col Monitor
DSN: 278-9300, COMM: (703)784-9300
Email: kurt.gall@usmc.mil
Colonel R. E. Herrmann, Aviation Col Monitor
DSN: 278-9300 COMM: (703) 784-9300
Email: robert.herrmann@usmc.mil
Colonel L. W. Hemming
Aviation Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
DSN: 278-9267 Comm: (703) 784-9267
Email: lee.hemming@usmc.mil
Lieutenant Colonel R. F. May
Combat Arms Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
DSN: 278-9274, Comm: (703) 784-9274
Email: robert.may@usmc.mil
Lieutenant Colonel B. C. Issitt
Combat Service Support Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
DSN: 278-9274, Comm: (703) 784-9274
Email: brogan.issitt@usmc.mil
Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Patterson
Information Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
DSN: 278-9273 Comm: (703) 784-9273
Email: jeffrey.pattersonII@usmc.mil
Mr. M. G. Cooper, CMC Fellowships/Foreign PME, MCU
DSN: 378-0696, COMM: (703) 432-0696
Email: michael.cooper@usmcu.edu
8. This message is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve.
9. Release authorized by BGen R. S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management, Manpower and Reserve Affairs.//