MODIFICATION TO NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS (NCO) SYMPOSIUM
Date Signed: 5/13/2008 | ALMARS Number: 013/06
ALMARS : 013/06
R 151750Z MAR 06
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 013/06
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/MODIFICATION TO NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS (NCO) SYMPOSIUM//
POC/ROGERS/MSGT/SMMC/-/TEL:DSN 224-8762/-//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (NCO) SYMPOSIUM IS A
VALUEABLE FORUM FOR NCO'S TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND PROVIDE IMPUT
TO HELP SHAPE THE FURURE OF THE CORPS.  WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF
THIS FORUM BY ESTABLISHING REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM'S INSTEAD OF ONE
CENTRALIZED ONE.  THESE REGIONAL SYMPOSIUMS WILL ALLOW FOR
SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER NCO PARTICIPATION. 
2.  THE FORCE, MEF, AND MCCDC SGTSMAJ WILL COORDINATE THE CONVENING
DATE(S) AND AGENDA FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE SYMPOSIUM.  JUST AS WITH THE
PREVIOUS CENTRALIZED  SYMPOSIUMS, THESE REGIONAL SYMPOSIUMS WILL
ALLOW NCO'S TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF MARINE CORPS TRENDS AND FOCUS
ON POLICIES AND DOCTRINE AFFECTING THE MARINE CORPS TODAY AND IN THE
FUTURE.  ATTENDEES WILL GAIN A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT ISSUES
THROUGH INTERACTION WITH SENIOR MARINE CORPS LEADERS.
3.  COMMANDERS WILL ENSURE THE WIDEST DISSEMINATION OF THIS MESSAGE
TO ALL NCO'S AND WILL AFFORD THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND
CONSISTENT WITH OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS.
4.  AGENDA ITEMS GENERATED DURING THE REGIONAL SEMINARS SHOULD BE
SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE MCCDC SGTMAJ VIA THE SGTSMAJ WITHIN
THE APPROPRIATE CHAIN OF COMMAND NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE
CONVENING OF THE ANNUAL SGTSMAJ SYMPOSIUM.  AGENDA ITEMS MUST BE
SUBMITTED AS A MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT IN THE
TOPIC/DISCUSSION/RECOMMENDATION FORMAT VIA EMAIL.  PLEASE INCLUDE A
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM IN THE DISCUSSION PARAGRAPH.  THE MCCDC
SGTMAJ WILL COMPILE THE AGENDA ITEMS SUBMITTED FOR PRESENTATION TO
THE SGTMAJMARCOR AND FOR DISCUSSION AT THE SGTSMAJ SYMPOSIUM.
5.  POC IS MSGT R. B. ROGERS AT THE OFFICE OF THE SGTMAJMARCOR AT
DSN 224-8762/COMM 703-614-8762.
6.  SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//