R 151908Z JUN 12
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 314/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ACTIVATION OF MARINENET CORPORALS COURSE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (DEP) (EPME4000AA)//
REF/A/MCO 1553.4B/PME//
REF/B/ALMAR 026/10/CSCC//
REF/C/MCO P1400.32D/ENLPROM//
NARR/REF (A) IS MCO 1553.4B PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME). REF (B) IS ALMAR 026/10 COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE. REF (C) IS MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME 2, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS.//
POC/R. POLLEY/EPME BRANCH, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY/-/TEL:COMM 703-432-5262/EMAIL: RICHARD.POLLEY(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1. REF (A) IDENTIFIES A GAP IN THE EDUCATION CONTINUUM OF MARINE CORPORALS. REF (B) IDENTIFIES A REQUIREMENT TO OFFER BOTH A COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE AND A DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE TO FILL THIS GAP AND ENSURE THAT ALL CORPORALS HAVE ACCESS TO A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY AS THEY ASSUME ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS A NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER OF MARINES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MESSAGE, RESIDENT CORPORALS COURSES CONDUCTED AT THE REGIONAL STAFF NCO ACADEMIES WILL BE CONSIDERED "COMMAND-SPONSORED" COURSES.
2. THE COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CDET) IN COORDINATION WITH ENLISTED PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION BRANCH, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY, HAS DEVELOPED THE MARINENET INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION CORPORALS COURSE DEP TO FULFILL THE DISTANCE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT IDENTIFIED IN REF (B).
3. THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON MARINENET. EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2013, COMPLETION OF EITHER A COMMAND-SPONSORED OR DISTANCE EDUCATION CORPORALS COURSE WILL BECOME A REQUIREMENT FOR PROMOTION TO SERGEANT. MARINES WHO COMPLETE THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP OR HAVE ATTENDED A COMMAND- SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE WILL BE CONSIDERED PME COMPLETE FOR THE GRADE OF CORPORAL.
4. THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP IS BASED UPON THE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION DEVELOPED FOR THE COMMAND SPONSORED COURSE. IT LEVERAGES COMPUTER BASED TRAINING TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE INTERACTIVE, MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT TO CORPORALS AND HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL SMALL UNIT LEADERS. THE COURSE IS A MARINENET CURRICULUM CONSISTING OF 24 LESSONS WITHIN SEVEN SUB-COURSES:
(1) OPERATIONS (EPME4210AA)
(2) OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS (EPME4220AA)
(3) COMBAT ORDERS (EPME 4230AA)
(4) DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS (EPME4240AA)
(5) LAND NAVIGATION (EPME43100AA)
(6) MARINE NCO (EPME4410AA)
(7) LEADERSHIP TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES (EPME4420AA)
5. IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP, MARINES ARE REQUIRED TO:
A. ENROLL IN THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP (EPME4000AA) ON MARINENET (WWW.MARINENET.USMC.MIL). THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL THE MARINE IN ALL SEVEN SUB-COURSES.
B. COMPLETE EACH COURSE AND ITS ASSOCIATED EXAMINATION. ONCE THE MARINE HAS NAVIGATED ALL LESSONS WITHIN A SPECIFIED COURSE, A RANDOMIZED END-OF-COURSE EXAMINATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENT THROUGH MARINENET. ALL END-OF-COURSE EXAMINATIONS WILL REQUIRE A PROCTOR. ALL LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER (LRC) FACILITATORS CAN PROCTOR CORPORALS COURSE DEP EXAMS. ADDITIONALLY, ANY MARINE STAFF SERGEANT (OR ABOVE) CAN PROCTOR THE DEP EXAMS AS LONG AS THEY ARE SENIOR IN RANK TO THE STUDENT AND ARE NOT ALSO ENROLLED IN THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP. FOR SPECIAL CASES, THE ROLE OF THE PROCTOR MAY BE GRANTED FOR INDIVIDUALS EVEN IF NOT CURRENT MARINENET USERS. THIS ROLE IS PRIMARILY USED TO PROVIDE PROCTORING CAPABILITY FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO LRC FACILITIES OR OTHER TRADITIONAL PROCTORS DUE TO LOCATION. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A SPECIAL PROCTOR, CONTACT THE MARINENET HELP DESK: 1-888-4DL- USMC, OPTION 2.
6. MARINES WILL SPEND APPROXIMATELY 30 HOURS COMPLETING THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP. THIS INCLUDES THE TIME NEEDED TO STUDY THE CONTENT, COMPLETE THE EXERCISES, AND TAKE THE END-OF- COURSE EXAMS. WHEN ALL SEVEN SUB-COURSES ARE COMPLETED, THE STUDENT WILL HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP (EPME4000AA). CURRICULUM COMPLETION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DOCUMENTED IN MCTFS.
7. COMPLETION OF THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP WILL RESULT IN EDUCATION BONUS POINTS ADDED TO A MARINE'S COMPOSITE SCORE.
8. RESERVE COMPONENT MARINES WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP WHILE IN A NON-DRILL STATUS WILL RECEIVE 10 RESERVE RETIREMENT CREDITS.
9. THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP PLACES EMPHASIS ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND WARFIGHTING. IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CORPORALS ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL SMALL-UNIT LEADERS USING AUTHENTIC PROBLEM-BASED SITUATIONS THAT A MARINE CORPORAL WILL ENCOUNTER. LANCE CORPORALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE LEADING MARINES DEP (EPME3000AA) AND ALL CORPORALS AND ABOVE MAY ENROLL IN THIS DEP.
10. FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP, REVIEW THE CORPORALS COURSE DEP FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AT THE CDET WEB PAGE. (WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CDET/CORPORALS(UNDERSCORE)COURSE.ASP) OR CONTACT THE MARINENET HELP DESK.
11. THE CONTENTS OF THIS MARADMIN WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT REVISIONS OF REFERENCES (A) AND (C).
12. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN T. M. MURRAY; COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//