R 080310Z SEP 10
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MARADMIN 501/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS ADVANCED DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM REVISION AND PUBLICATION - TRANSITION TO ALPHA VERSION COURSES//
REF/A/DESC:CMC WASHINGTON DC MCCDC C 40 OP/-/YMD:20081025//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 1553.4B PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME).//
POC/T. A. DRAKE/CAPT/UNIT:OPERATIONS OFFICER MCI/EMAIL:TAYLOR.DRAKE(AT)USMC.MIL COMM 202-685-7488//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS IS A COORDINATED MESSAGE BETWEEN THE MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE AND THE ENLISTED PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION BRANCH OF THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.
2.  THE STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS ADVANCED DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (SNCOADEP) (MCI COURSE 8200) HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE UPDATED MATERIAL THAT WILL INCREASE THE PROGRAM'S ACCURACY AND RELEVANCY TO TODAY'S MARINE CORPS AND CURRENT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT.  EFFECTIVE 9 SEPTEMBER 2010, THE CURRENT SNCOADEP 8200 PROGRAM WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED BY THE 8200 PROGRAM ALPHA VERSION COURSES.  THE NEW 8200 PROGRAM WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES.
    8201A MILITARY STUDIES
    8202A MILITARY JUSTICE
    8203A WARFIGHTING TECHNIQUES
    8204A COMBAT TECHNIQUES
    8205A COMBINED ARMS
3.  STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE CURRENT 8200 PROGRAM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TRANSITION TO THE ALPHA VERSION COURSES AND WILL HAVE UNTIL 9 SEPTEMBER 2011 TO COMPLETE THEIR CURRENT ENROLLMENT.  STUDENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED 8200 ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE THE NEW ALPHA VERSION COURSES OF THE PROGRAM.  COMPLETION OF THE 8200 PROGRAM WILL APPEAR IDENTICAL FOR BOTH THE ORIGINAL VERSION COURSES AND NEW ALPHA VERSION COURSES IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM.  PER REF (A), COMPLETION OF THE SNCOADEP REMAINS A PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING THE RESIDENT STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS ADVANCED COURSE AND IS A REQUIREMENT FOR PROMOTION TO MASTER SERGEANT OR FIRST SERGEANT.
4.  ON 9 SEPTEMBER 2011, MCI WILL NO LONGER MAIL OR STOCK MATERIALS RELATING TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION COURSES OF THE SNCOADEP 8200 PROGRAM AND WILL NO LONGER MAINTAIN THE RANDOM ONLINE EXAMS FOR THE ORIGINAL VERSION COURSES.  THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE 8200 PROGRAM AT THAT TIME WILL RECEIVE CREDIT FOR COURSES ALREADY COMPLETED, BUT WILL BE REQUIRED TO RE-ENROLL TO RECEIVE THE ALPHA VERSION COURSES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 8200 PROGRAM.
5.  TO ENROLL IN THE NEW 8200 PROGRAM, VISIT WWW.MCI.USMC.MIL AND LOG ON TO THE STUDENT DASHBOARD FEATURE.
6.  PLEASE DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSITION PROCESS TO THE POC LISTED IN THIS MARADMIN.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN W. J. WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, MARINE CORPS STAFF.//