OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 SEAT

MARADMINS : 167/24

R 081000Z APR 24 MARADMIN 167/24 MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA// SUBJ/OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 SEAT ALLOCATION ASSIGNMENTS// REF/A/DOC/CMC/MCO P1553.4B/YMD: 20080125// REF/B/MSG/CMC/MARADMIN 703/08/YMD:20081211// REF/C/MSG/CMC/MARADMIN 396/19/YMD:20190716// REF/D/DOC/CMC/MCO 1553.2D/YMD:20210623// REF/E/MSG/CMC/MARADMIN 575/15/20151117// NARR/REF A IS THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ORDER FOR OFFICERS. REF B MODIFIES AND UPDATES REF A WITH REGARD TO OFFICER PME. REF C DESCRIBES THE EWSDEP 8670 CURRICULUM. REF D OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR FILLING FORMAL SCHOOL SEATS. REF E PROVIDES PROCEDURES FOR FORMAL SCHOOL TAD FUNDING REQUESTS.// POC/MR. S. E. ERDELATZ/MCU/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: DSN 278.0741 COMM 703.784.0741/EMAIL: SCOTT.ERDELATZ@USMCU.EDU// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose: To announce Marine Corps University (MCU) Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS) and Command and Staff College (CSC) Blended Seminar Program (BSP) seat allocations. 1.a. The BSP is a combination of resident and nonresident online education at or near home station. 1.b. The College of Distance Education and Training (CDET) EWSBSPs and CSCBSPs are located at the following MCU regional campuses: Camp Pendleton, California (CPCA); Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (CLNC); Quantico, Virginia (QUAN); and EWSBSP only at Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan (OKIN) (pilot BSP at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan (IWAK)) and Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. 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 Professional Military Education (PME) credit and Joint PME (JPME) Phase I credit for ILS. The following are program details for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. 2.a. EWSBSP is designed for delivery in three stages: Stage one is a 20 training day resident period, stage two is a 12-week online period, and stage three is a 30 training day resident period. CSCBSP is also designed for delivery in three stages: Stage one is a 23 training day resident period, stage two is a 28-week online period, and stage three is a 29 training day resident period. 2.b. Each resident period will be considered local travel or Training and Education Command (TECOM) funded Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) (depending upon home station location), while the online period will be accomplished during the officer’s off-duty time at home station. 3. Student eligibility 3.a. The BSP is a total force program. A Marine Administrative Message (MARADMIN) for reserve participation will be released separately. 3.b. Commanders must ensure that students 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 students who are retirement eligible remain in service a minimum of 24 months after graduation. 3.c. The following personnel are eligible to participate in EWSBSP (in order of priority). 3.c.1. Marine captains (unrestricted and limited duty) 3.c.2. International officers 3.c.3. Captain selects and chief warrant officer (CWO)3s 3.c.4. Sister service captains/lieutenants (O-3s) 3.c.5. Government civilians (GS12 equivalent and above). 3.c.6. If space is available; 3.c.6.a. Marine Corps CWO2s with an approved waiver request. 3.c.6.b. Marine Corps staff noncommissined officers (SNCO) (grade E-7 through E-9) with an approved waiver request. 3.d. Interested students should contact their closest CDET Regional Point of Contact (POC) listed in paragraph 6 to obtain more information on the waiver process. 3.e. Students must complete the 8670 prerequisite course described in reference (c) prior to attending the EWSBSP. 3.f. The following personnel are eligible to participate in CSCBSP (in order of priority). 3.f.1. Marine majors (unrestricted and limited duty) 3.f.2. International officers 3.f.3. Major selects and CWO4s 3.f.4. Sister service majors/lieutenant commanders 3.f.5. Government civilians (GS-13 equivalent and above) 3.f.6. If space is available; 3.f.6.a. Captains who are CLS complete and have two years time in grade (TIG) at the time of reporting. 3.f.6.b. Marine Corps SNCOs (grade E-8 and E-9) with an approved waiver request. 3.g. Eligible students desiring to apply should contact their Major Subordinate Command (MSC) and the closest CDET regional director listed in paragraph 6. MSCs listed in paragraph 4 will coordinate with applicants to fill their seat allocations. 3.h. No funded TAD is authorized for SNCOs for the CSCBSP due to legal limitations. Those interested should contact the closest regional director to their location for waiver request assistance. 3.i. The Lejeune Leadership Institute (LLI) is requesting two seats be made available to GS-13s or above at the Quantico location. All applicants must submit their enrollment requests to LLI at MCU_LLI@USMCU.EDU no later than 21 April 2024 to be considered. Applicants must be local to Quantico. No funded TAD is authorized. Applicants will be board selected and selectees will be forwarded to CDET for enrollment. 4. MSCs listed below are provided the following class seats with recommended Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) distribution by category; Ground Combat (GC), Combat Support (CS), and Aviation (AV). Examples: 1302=GC, 0602=CS, and 6002=AV. Substitution of MOSs in order to fill the aggregate class allocation is authorized. 4.a. EWSBSP class dates are listed below (read in four columns). International Military Students (IMSs) report one week early for the first resident (res) period. Class nbr/ US Report IMS Report IMS/US Report location 1st res period 1st res period 2nd res period 521-522/CLNC* 19 May 24(521) N/A -/30 Sep 24(522) 501-502/CLNC 7 Jul 24(501) 1 Jul 24(501) 23/27 Oct 24(502) 503-504/CPCA 7 Jul 24(503) 1 Jul 24(503) 23/27 Oct 24(504) 511-512/OKIN 7 Jul 24(511) 1 Jul 24(511) 23/27 Oct 24(512) 517-518/IWAK 7 Jul 24(517) 1 Jul 24(517) 23/27 Oct 24(518) 523-524/CLNC* 17 Nov 24(523) N/A -/6 Apr 25(524) 505-506/QUAN 5 Jan 25(505) 2 Jan 25(505) 23/27 Apr 25(506) 507-508/CLNC 5 Jan 25(507) 2 Jan 25(507) 23/27 Apr 25(508) 509-510/CPCA 5 Jan 25(509) 2 Jan 25(509) 23/27 Apr 25(510) 513-514/OKIN 5 Jan 25(513) 2 Jan 25(513) 23/27 Apr 25(514) 515-516/MCBH 5 Jan 25(515) 2 Jan 25(515) 23/27 Apr 25(516) * Note – MARSOC Off Cycle Courses. If students from other CLNC MSCs are interested in attending these courses, they should contact the CLNC Region directly as there are a limited number of seats available for local students only. No TECOM funding available for these courses. 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 allocations are listed below (read in three columns). MSC Class(MCTIMS) Seats/MOS Cat CDET 501-502/CLNC 4/any MOS 503-504/CPCA 11/any MOS note1 507-508/CLNC 4/any MOS 505-506/QUAN 3/any MOS 509-510/CPCA 11/any MOS note1 521-522/CLNC 4/any MOS 523-524/CLNC 4/any MOS 511-512/OKIN 2/any MOS 513/514/OKIN 2/any MOS 515-516/MCBH 2/any MOS note1 517-518/IWAK 2/any MOS MCCDC/MCNCRC 505-506/QUAN 1/GC MARFORCYBER/MCNCRC 505-506/QUAN 1/any MOS TECOM/TCOM/MCNCRC 505-506/QUAN 1/GC:1/AV TECOM/TCOM 501-502/CLNC 4/GC:4/CS note3 503-504/CPCA 2/GC:2/CS note1 507-508/CLNC 4/GC:4/CS note3 509-510/CPCA 2/GC:2/CS note1 MARCORSYSCOM 505-506/QUAN 1/any MOS MARFORCOM 501-502/CLNC 10/GC:10/CS:10/AV note4 507-508/CLNC 10/GC:10/CS:10/AV note4 521-522/CLNC 3/any MOS 523-524/CLNC 3/any MOS MCICOM 501-502/CLNC 3/CS note1 503-504/CPCA 3/CS note1 507-508/CLNC 3/CS note1 509-510/CPCA 3/CS note1 511-512/OKIN 3/CS note1 513-514/OKIN 3/CS note1 MCICOM/MCNCRC 505-506/QUAN 1/GC:2/CS:2/AV note2 MARFORPAC 503-504/CPCA 9/GC:9/CS:9/AV note3 509-510/CPCA 9/GC:9/CS:9/AV note3 511-512/OKIN 4/GC:3/CS:4/AV note2 513-514/OKIN 4/GC:3/CS:4/AV note2 515-516/MCBH 5/GC:5/CS:4/AV note4 517-518/IWAK 4/CS:10/AV MARSOC 521-522/CLNC 23/any MOS note2 523-524/CLNC 23/any MOS note2 MARFORRES 501-502/CLNC 1/GC:2/CS note5 503-504/CPCA 1/GC:2/CS note5 505-506/QUAN 2/AV 1/GC note5 507-508/CLNC 1/GC:2/CS note5 509-510/CPCA 1/GC:2/CS note5 Note1: One CWO3 authorized. Note2: Two CWO3s authorized. Note3: Three CWO3s authorized. Note4: Four CWO3s authorized. Note5: Reserve BSP board selected/Marine Force Reserve (MARFORRES) funded. 4.d. CSCBSP class dates are listed below (read in four columns). There are no CSCBSP classes in OKIN or MCBH. Majors/CWO4s in OKIN or MCBH are eligible to attend any of the CSCBSP classes at CPCA. IMSs report one week early for the first resident period. Class nbr/ US Report IMS Report IMS/US Report location 1st res period 1st res period 2nd res period 501-502/QUAN 20 Jun 24(501) 13 Jun 24(501) 17/21 Apr 25(502) 503-504/CLNC 21 Jul 24(503) 15 Jul 24(503) 2/6 Apr 25(504) 505-506/CPCA 21 Jul 24(505) 15 Jul 24(505) 2/6 Apr 25(506) 507-508/CLNC 26 Jan 25(507) 21 Jan 25(507) 10/14 Sep 25(508) 509-510/CPCA 26 Jan 25(509) 21 Jan 25(509) 10/14 Sep 25(510) 4.e. CIDs (read in three columns): Location 1st res 2nd res QUAN M02SA1G M02RZZG CLNC M03SA1I M03RZZI CPCA M10SA1G M10RZZG 4.f. CSCBSP seat allocations are listed below (read in three columns). MSC Class(MCTIMS) Seats/MOS Cat CDET 501-502/QUAN 17/any MOS:2/CIV note6,9 503-504/CLNC 3/any MOS note6 505-506/CPCA 2/any MOS note6 507-508/CLNC 3/any MOS note509-510/CPCA 2/any MOS note6 MCCDC/MCNCRC 501-502/QUAN 1/CS TECOM/TCOM/MCNCRC 501-502/QUAN 1/GC:1/AV TECOM/TCOM 503-504/CLNC 2/GC:1/CS 505-506/CPCA 1/GC:1/CS 507-508/CLNC 2/GC:1/CS 509-510/CPCA 1/GC:1/CS MARCORSYSCOM/MCNCRC 501-502/QUAN 1/any MOS MARFORCOM 503-504/CLNC 1/GC:3/CS:2/AV note6 507-508/CLNC 2/GC:3/CS:2/AV note6 MCICOM/MCNCRC 501-502/QUAN 2/GC:1/CS:2/AV note6 MCICOM 503-504/CLNC 1/CS 505-506/CPCA 1/CS 507-508/CLNC 1/CS 509-510/CPCA 1/CS MARFORPAC 505-506/CPCA 2/GC:3/CS:3/AV note7 509-510/CPCA 2/GC:3/CS:3/AV note7 MARFORSOC 503-504/CLNC 1/GC 507-508/CLNC 1/GC MARFORRES 501-502/QUAN 1/GC:1/CS 2/AV note8 503-504/CLNC 1/GC:1/CS note8 505-506/CPCA 1/GC:1/CS/1/AV note8 507-508/CLNC 1/CS:1/AV note8 509-510/CPCA 2/GC:1/CS note8 Note6: One CWO4 authorized. Note7: Two CWO4s authorized. Note8: Reserve BSP board selected/MARFORRES funded. Note9: Two civilians in Quantico region requested. See para 3.i. 4.g. Although MARFORRES allocations reflect reservists only, regular and active reserve officers assigned to MARFORRES must contact CDET’s Reserve Liaison Officer (RLO) listed in paragraph 6.g. below and the local CDET regional director for seats. Similarly, commands with no allocations should contact the CDET regional director nearest the command to inquire about BSP seats. All officers assigned to commands that do not have Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) student registrar requirement sponsors or training quota control managers will be registered by CDET/MCU (C40). Those officers assigned to the National Capital Region will be registered by MCICOM/MCNCRC. MCICOM Point of Contact (POC) is Mr. Ken Conover at phone (571) 256-7089 or (540) 538-9794 or email kenneth.conover1@usmc.mil. Those officers stationed (not deployed) OCONUS should contact the CDET Student Support Coordinator, Mr. Steve O’Dell at phone (703) 784-2410 or email steven.odell@usmc.mil for further participation information. 4.h. Commands are encouraged to include international officers for participation in the BSP. Those on the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Personnel Exchange Program, liaison officers, or foreign officers working with the Marine Expeditionary Forces are all welcome to participate. The country of origin is required to pay tuition. POCs in paragraphs 5.a. and 6 of this message will assist in these efforts by coordinating with TECOM Security Assistance Branch. TECOM will not fund TAD for international officers. 5. Coordinating Instructions 5.a. MSCs listed in this MARADMIN are required to register names in MCTIMS and to inform their local MCU/CDET Regional POC no later than 30 days before all EWSBSP and CSCBSP classes commence. All unused seats after 30 days will revert to CDET control. 5.b. Uniform requirements: contact the appropriate regional POC for local uniform requirements. 5.c. Any student with travel requirements will need to make them through the Defense Travel System. Participating students should be ready to begin classes at 0800 on the day following the US report date, except for the first resident period in QUAN. For the first resident period in QUAN, students will report between 0700-0800 and begin class the same day. 5.d. Reporting locations are as follows: 5.d.1. CPCA: EWSBSP: MCAS Camp Pendleton, Bldg 23195, second deck, classroom 206. CSCBSP: MCB Camp Pendleton, Bldg 22181, first deck, classroom 1. POC: Chet Jolley. 5.d.2. CLNC: Second deck Bldg 407, L Street with Mr. Marc Riccio. 5.d.3. OKIN: Second deck Bldg 5691 Camp Foster with LtCol Derick Staffenson. 5.d.4. MCBH: Second deck of Bldg 224 aboard MCBH with Mr. Cos Spofford. 5.d.5. QUAN EWSBSP: Second deck Bldg 2077 with Mr. Stuart Weinstein. 5.d.6. QUAN CSCBSP: Bldg 2044 (Warner Center) suite 3126, with LtCol Timothy Sparks. 5.e. Registration responsibility and funded TAD. MSC training quota control managers will register participants into MCTIMS using the formal school procedure outlined in reference (d) and in accordance with paragraph 4.g. above. Those same managers must request funding authorization for active duty participants requiring TAD via MCTIMS in accordance with reference (e). Commanding General (CG), TECOM (C464), will fund travel and per diem to include lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for regular component Marine participants registered and with approved funding in MCTIMS. Students attending BSP programs on funded TAD orders must arrive for both resident periods with reporting orders that state “Government quarters and meals directed.” Upon departure the student will receive a detaching endorsement that will indicate whether government meals were available. All others should arrive for both periods with permissive TAD orders approved by the parent command. Reserve officers will receive funding for travel and per diem from MARFORRES. Local travel will not be funded. In the event of an overnight battlefield staff ride/offsite, MCU will provide an endorsement for dual lodging for those sent TAD. Local students will be funded for those events by MCU. 5.f. Local commanders must endorse letters of support for their participating Marines. Format for these letters can be provided by the closest CDET regional director listed in paragraph 6 below. Similarly, local commanders must provide a justification letter to CG EDCOM/President MCU via the first O-6 in the chain of command for any of their Marines who drop from the program. 5.g. The first resident period for the EWSBSP is less than 31 days. Officers will not require TD fitness reports (FITREPs) prior to attendance. The second resident period of six weeks will require TD FITREPs from commands prior to attendance. MCU will run FD FITREPs upon completion of the program. 5.h. Both resident periods for the CSCBSP run over 30 days and will require TD FITREPs from commands prior to attendance. MCU will run FD FITREPs upon completion of each period. 5.i. USMC officers enrolled in MCTIMS for the BSP, and BSP graduates, may volunteer to be considered by the Commandant's Career Level Education Board (CCLEB) and the Commandant's 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. 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, the Army School of Advanced Military Studies, the Navy Maritime Advanced Warfighting School, and the Air Force School of Advanced Airpower Studies. 5.j. Students are required to possess a computer and are highly encouraged to bring laptops or tablet devices to download student materials for ease of use and studying while attending the BSP. No printed materials will be provided. 6. Command and Signal 6.a. QUAN CDET POC (EWSBSP): Mr. Stuart Weinstein (703) 784-5448; stuart.weinstein@usmc.mil. 6.b. QUAN CDET POC (CSCBSP): LtCol Timothy Sparks (703) 432-5691; timothy.sparks@usmcu.edu. 6.c. CPCA CDET POC: Mr. Chet Jolley; (760) 725-8400; chester.jolley@usmc.mil. 6.d. CLNC CDET POC: Mr. Marc Riccio; (910) 451-0282; marc.riccio@usmc.mil. 6.e. OKIN CDET POC: Mr. William Thompson; DSN 645-2500, comm 81-98-970-2500; william.thompson.civ@usmc.mil. 6.f. MCBH CDET POC: Mr. Cos Spofford; (808) 257-1956; cosmas.spofford@usmc.mil. 6.g. MARFORRES CDET POC: Maj Taylor Adams, CDET RLO; (703) 784-3015 mcu_cdet_rlo@usmcu.edu. 6.h. The CDET POC for all Marines not deployed and stationed in an area outside the continental U.S other than regions identified in paragraphs 6.e. and 6.f. is the CDET Student Support Coordinator, Mr. Steve O’Dell; (703) 784-2410; steven.odell@usmc.mil. 7. Release authorized by Brigadier General Maura M. Hennigan, President, Marine Corps University.//