R 291502Z SEP 25
MARADMIN 463/25
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/JOINT ALL DOMAIN OPERATIONS (JADO) ADVANCED STUDIES PROGRAM AND
FLEET SUPPORT PROGRAM (PILOT)//
REF/A/DOC/CJCS/JOINT PUBLICATION 3-0, APPENDIX D/SEP 2024//
REF/B/DOC/CJCS/JOINT PUBLICATION 5-0, APPENDIX C/JUL 2025//
REF/C/DOC/CJCS/CJCSI 1800.01G/APR 2024//
REF/D/DOC/39TH COMMANDANT’S PLANNING GUIDANCE/AUG 2024//
REF/E/DOC/TECOM/DOC/6 JUN 2025//
NARR/REF A IS APPENDIX D TO JOINT PUBLICATION 3-0, FUNDAMENTALS OF
JOINT ALL-DOMAIN OPERATIONS. REF B IS APPENDIX C TO JOINT PUBLICATION
5-0, PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS FOR JOINT ALL-DOMAIN OPERATIONS. REF C
IS THE JOINT STAFF OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION POLICY.
REF D IS THE 39th COMMANDANT’S PLANNING GUIDANCE. REF E IS TECOM
CAMPAIGN PLAN//
POC1/J. MCALARNEN/LTC/JADO ADVISOR/UNIT: MCU/TEL: 703-432-4639 EMAIL:
JOSEPH.MCALARNEN@USMCU.EDU//
POC2/N.PACKARD/CIV/JADO ADVISOR/UNIT: MCU/TEL: 808-220-4754 EMAIL:
NATHAN.PACKARD@USMCU.EDU//
POC3/S.ERDELATZ/CIV/CDET DEAN/UNIT: MCU/TEL: 703-7840741 EMAIL:
SCOTT.ERDELATZ@USMCU.EDU//
POC4/D. HASKIN/CIV/CSCDEP ASSOCIATE DEAN/UNIT: MCU/TEL: 703-432-4693
EMAIL: DENNIS.HASKIN@USMCU.EDU//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. To announce the establishment of Marine
Corps University’s Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) Education
Program.
2. Background. Reference (ref) (a) notes that rapid advances in
technology and the digitization of information—especially in space,
cyberspace, and the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS)—are fundamentally
changing the character of warfare. It also highlights that current
joint doctrine emphasizes deconfliction to allow Service components
to operate in distinct, domain-specific areas of responsibility—a
method that sufficed when the joint force held uncontested overmatch
across the theater. However, against a capable adversary, this
segregated approach is no longer viable and must give way to
integrated, cross-domain operations. Ref (b) notes that Joint
warfighting in the modern era requires an unprecedented level of
integration across domains to achieve operational success. Joint
Force Commanders are tasked with the complex challenge of
orchestrating diverse capabilities to create synchronized effects,
ensuring that their operations are both adaptive and decisive. To
meet these demands, commanders employ innovative planning frameworks
that allow them to harness the full array of joint capabilities
while responding to rapidly changing operational environments. Ref
(c) directs leaders of Joint Professional Military Education
institutions to build joint warfighting expertise emphasizing active
performance-oriented experiential learning methodologies such as
role-based wargaming and interactive joint planning exercises and to
use classified instruction where appropriate. In ref (d), the
Commandant of the Marine Corps references the 2022 National Defense
Strategy which prioritizes the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as
the pacing challenge and identifies the Marine Corps’ enduring
purpose as the provision of ready forces to meet Combatant
Commander and Fleet needs – specifically, through expeditionary
Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTFs) capable of combined arms
and integration into the Joint Force. Ref (e) tasks Marine Corps
University (MCU) to develop and implement curricula to produce
Joint All Domain Officers with the knowledge and skills to manage
the integration of all domain capabilities in a complex joint/
combined operating environment and to explore options for graduating
students who are fully informed in higher classification concepts and
programs. MCU’s JADO Education Program described below and formally
launched in academic year (AY) 26, addresses the warfighting
imperatives addressed in references (a), (b), (c), and (d) and
specifically fulfills the tasks assigned to MCU in reference (e).
3. JADO Education Program. At present, MCU’s JADO Education Program
includes two tracks. Track 1 is the JADO Advanced Studies Program
(ASP) offered as part of the Command and Staff College (CSC) resident
program in Quantico. Track 2 is the JADO Fleet Support Program (FSP)
currently being piloted by MCU’s College of Distance Education and
Training (CDET) in three locations. The JADO ASP is completed during
the CSC AY, with the possibility of travel post AY, and includes
instruction at the Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented information
(TS/SCI) level. CSC anticipates graduating 32 students from the JADO
ASP in AY 26 and increasing the number of graduates annually until
the program has 96 graduates in AY 29. The JADO FSP Pilot is
completed as part of the Command and Staff College Blended Seminar
Program (CSCBSP) and includes instruction at the SECRET level. CDET
anticipates graduating 35 students through the JADO FSP in AY 26 and
more in subsequent years depending on funding and other factors.
4. Program Concept. In both tracks, the JADO curriculum has been
designed to develop the competency of officers to conduct operational
planning at classification and to serve on the staff of a Joint Task
Force (JTF) and in other Joint and Combined environments. Upon
completing the JADO ASP, graduates will be fluent in operations/
targeting, logistics, and command and control and able to formulate
and articulate the construction of appropriate annexes linked to a
Theory of Victory. They will be able to synchronize fires across all
domains with maneuver and logistics and construct and utilize multi-
domain movement corridors. Graduates will be better equipped to
harmonize the “symphony of capabilities” needed to execute the
Department of Defense's core mission of deterring war and, if
necessary, defeating and destroying our adversaries. The JADO FSP
is being designed to achieve the same student learning outcomes as
the JADO ASP, but to less depth. It is also being tailored to address
Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) specific warfighting equities and
operation plan (OPLAN) responsibilities. At present, the JADO FSP is
being piloted at Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune, and Quantico as part
of the CSCBSP at those locations. Depending on the outcomes of the
pilots, it may be expanded to other locations as a stand-alone
program or become a regular part of the CSCBSP at one or more
locations.
5. Enrollment and Classification Requirements. U.S. students selected
to attend the Marine Corps Command and Staff College resident course
in Quantico are provided information on how to enroll in the JADO ASP
during the initial weeks of the AY. 32 CSC students have been vetted
and approved to participate in the JADO ASP in AY 26. Students in the
JADO FSP are provided enrollment instructions during the opening
weeks of the CSCBSP at Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune, and Quantico.
Students approved to participate in the JADO ASP must possess a Top
Secret/SCI clearance. Students approved to participate in the JADO
FSP must possess a SECRET clearance. All students must have Secret
Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) accounts and SIPRNet
tokens to gain access to classified information, curriculum, and
secure facilities.
6. Recognition for Completion. Students who successfully complete the
JADO ASP or the JADO FSP will be recognized with a JADO school code
which becomes part of their permanent military record and appears on
their Master Brief Sheet (MBS). Each program will have a distinct
school code associated with it to acknowledge the differences in
program design, depth, and classification. This designator will
allow the Marine Corps to track officers who have received JADO
education for assignments or other purposes.
7. Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy,
President, Marine Corps University.//