R 291746Z JUL 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 424/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS CAREER DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (SNCOCDEP) REVISION AND PUBLICATION - TRANSITION TO ALPHA VERSION COURSE//
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/-/TEL:DSN 325-7488 /EMAIL:TAYLOR.DRAKE(AT)USMC.MIL /TEL:COMM 202-685-7488//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS IS A COORDINATED MESSAGE BETWEEN THE MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE (MCI) AND THE ENLISTED PME BRANCH OF THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.
2.  THE SNCOCDEP (MCI COURSE 8100) 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 11 AUGUST 2010, THE CURRENT SNCOCDEP 8100 PROGRAM WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED BY THE 8100 PROGRAM ALPHA VERSION COURSES. THE NEW 8100 PROGRAM WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES.
    8101A LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
    8102A MILITARY STUDIES
    8103A WARFIGHTING TECHNIQUES
    8104A TACTICAL DECISION MAKING
    8105A LEADERSHIP CREDO
3.  STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE CURRENT 8100 PROGRAM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TRANSITION TO THE ALPHA VERSION COURSES AND HAVE UNTIL 11 AUGUST 2011 TO COMPLETE THEIR CURRENT ENROLLMENT.  STUDENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED 8100 ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE THE NEW ALPHA VERSION COURSES.  COMPLETION OF THE 8100 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 SNCOCDEP REMAINS A PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING THE RESIDENT STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS CAREER COURSE AND IS A REQUIREMENT FOR PROMOTION TO GUNNERY SERGEANT. 
4.  EFFECTIVE 11 AUGUST 2011, MCI WILL NO LONGER MAIL OR STOCK MATERIALS RELATING TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION COURSES OF THE SNCOCDEP 8100 PROGRAM AND WILL NO LONGER MAINTAIN THE RANDOM ONLINE EXAMS FOR THE ORIGINAL VERSION COURSES.  THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE 8100 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 8100 PROGRAM.
5.  TO ENROLL IN THE NEW 8100 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 ABOVE.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN W. J. WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, MARINE CORPS STAFF.//