R 082029Z MAY 12
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 254/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMANDANT'S PLANNING GUIDANCE TASK TO INCREASE OFFICER PME//
POC/LTCOL S. VISCUSO/MCU/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: DSN 378-5251
/EMAIL: SAL.VISCUSO(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY WAS TASKED IN THE COMMANDANT'S PLANNING GUIDANCE TO TRIPLE EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL (EWS) AND TO DOUBLE MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE (MCCSC) ANNUAL THROUGHPUT. CMC DECISIONS  ARE AS FOLLOWS: NO CHANGE TO THE EWS RESIDENT CONSTRUCT, AND UP TO 190 STUDENTS WOULD ATTEND THE COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CDET) EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM (EWSDEP BSP) BY FY 15.  CMC ALSO DIRECTED INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN MARINE STUDENTS ATTENDING RESIDENT MCCSC AND SISTER SERVICE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCHOOLS (ILS) AND INCREASES IN THE CDET COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM (CSCDEP BSP).  SPECIFICALLY, BY FY 15 ILS ATTENDANCE WOULD INCREASE BY 100 STUDENTS ANNUALLY; 50 IN RESIDENT ILS AND 50 IN THE CSCDEP BSP (ILS RESIDENT INCREASES BEGAN IN FY 12).
2.  THE EWSDEP AND CSCDEP BSP WILL BE PHASED-IN OVER THE NEXT FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS.  THE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OFFICERS TO COMPLETE CAREER LEVEL SCHOOL (CLS) OR ILS WITHIN ONE ACADEMIC YEAR AND OBTAIN A RESIDENT-LIKE PME EXPERIENCE.  SEMINARS WILL BE OFFERED AT CLNC, CPCA, QUANTICO, AND OKINAWA.  THE FOLLOWING ARE INITIAL PROGRAM DETAILS.  MORE WILL FOLLOW IN SUBSEQUENT MARADMINS.
A.  EWSDEP BSP IS DESIGNED FOR DELIVERY IN THREE STAGES.  STAGE ONE IS A ONE-WEEK RESIDENT PERIOD FOLLOWED BY STAGE TWO, AN 11-WEEK ONLINE PERIOD.  STAGE THREE IS A NINE- WEEK RESIDENT PERIOD.  EACH RESIDENT PERIOD WILL BE CONSIDERED PTAD WHILE THE 11-WEEK ONLINE PERIOD WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE OFFICERS' OFF-DUTY TIME.  THE EWSDEP BSP WILL OFFER TWO CYCLES OF SEMINARS PER YEAR, ONE BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER AND THE OTHER IN APRIL.
B.  CSCDEP BSP IS ALSO DESIGNED FOR DELIVERY IN THREE STAGES.  STAGE ONE IS A FIVE-WEEK RESIDENT PERIOD FOLLOWED BY STAGE TWO, A 28-WEEK ONLINE PERIOD.  STAGE THREE IS A SIX-WEEK RESIDENT PERIOD.  EACH RESIDENT PERIOD WILL BE CONSIDERED PTAD WHILE THE 28-WEEK ONLINE PERIOD WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE OFFICERS' OFF-DUTY TIME.  THE CSCDEP BSP WILL OFFER ONE CYCLE OF SEMINARS PER YEAR BEGINNING IN JUNE.
C.  ALLOCATIONS FOR SEATS (TBD) WILL BE PROVIDED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE TO MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS, AND COORDINATED WITH THE COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, TECOM.
3.  COMMAND AND SIGNAL.  CDET POC IS MR. J. F. HEMLEBEN, PHONE: (703)784-0741 OR EMAIL: JOHN.HEMLEBEN(AT)USMC.MIL.  MCU POC IS LTCOL S. VISCUSO, PHONE: (703) 432-5251 OR EMAIL: SAL.VISCUSO(AT)USMC.MIL.
4.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN T. M. MURRAY; COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//