R 112035Z DEC 08
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 703/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMDR EDCOM PRES MCU C40//
SUBJ/OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) SUMMARY//
REF/A/MCO P1553.4B//
REF/B/DOC/MARADMIN 391-07//
REF/C/CJCSI 1800.01C// 
POCS/LTCOL R. D. SMITH/PME POLICY AND OPERATIONS/MCU/-/TEL: DSN
278-9781/COM 703-784-9781//MAJ B. HEPPNER/ED OFFICER/MCU/-/TEL:
DSN 278-2336/COM 703-784-2336//
NARR/REF A IS THE MARINE CORPS ORDER ON PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
EDUCATION (PME).  REF B ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO ENLISTED PME PER REF A.
REF C IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF INSTRUCTION
(CJCSI) 1800.01C OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION POLICY
(OPMEP).// 
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS TO SUMMARIZE
OFFICER PME CRITERIA AS ESTABLISH IN REF A AND ANNOUNCE CHANGES TO
PME POLICY SINCE THE PROMULGATION OF REF A.
A. CWO - EFFECTIVE WITH THE PROMULGATION OF REF A (25 JAN 2008) THE
PME CRITERIA FOR CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS-
  (1) THERE IS NO PME REQUIREMENT FOR WO-1 AND CWO-2.  CWO-2S ARE
ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN THE EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL DISTANCE
EDUCATION PROGRAM (EWSDEP). 
  (2) THE PME CRITERIA FOR CWO-3 IS THE EWSDEP. ONCE COMPLETE WITH
THE EWSDEP, CWO-3S ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN THE COMMAND AND STAFF
COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (CSCDEP).       
  (3) THE PME CRITERIA FOR CWO-4 IS THE CSCDEP.
  (4) THERE ARE NO PME REQUIREMENTS FOR CWO-5.
B. LIEUTENANTS - THERE ARE NO PME REQUIREMENTS FOR LIEUTENANTS. 
FIRST LIEUTENANTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN THE EWSDEP SEMINAR.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENROLL IN THE EWSDEP
SEMINAR.  
C. CAPTAINS - THE PME CRITERIA FOR CAPTAINS REMAINS EITHER THE USMC
EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL (EWS) RESIDENT COURSE, THE EWSDEP, OR
AN IDENTIFIED ARMY TYPE II CAREER LEVEL SCHOOL (CLS) EQUIVALENT. 
THESE SCHOOLS WILL BE IDENTIFIED VIA ANNUAL M&RA SELECTION BOARD
CONVENING MARADMINS. 
D. MAJORS - THE INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SCHOOL (ILS) PME CRITERIA FOR
MAJORS IS EITHER AN INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SERVICE COLLEGE RESIDENT
COURSE, AN APPROVED INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL FOREIGN COLLEGE RESIDENT
COURSE, OR AN INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SERVICE COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION
PROGRAM.  WHILE OTHER SERVICE DEPS MEET THE PME CRITERIA, MARINES
ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHOOSE USMC PROGRAMS OVER OTHER SERVICE PROGRAMS
AND SEMINAR BASED PROGRAMS OVER SELF-PACED (ONLINE OR "BOX OF BOOKS")
PROGRAMS.  ADDITIONALLY, AFTER REF A WAS PROMULGATED, THE PRESIDENT
OF MCU HAS GRANTED PME EQUIVALENCY FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY COOPERATION (WHINSEC) INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL
COURSE.  THIS EQUIVALENCY IS GRANDFATHERED TO STUDENTS GRADUATING
CLASS OF AY05-06 AND LATER.  ALL APPROVED ILS PME (AND JPME PHASE I)
RESIDENT COURSES ARE LISTED EACH YEAR IN THE ILS BOARD CONVENING
MARADMIN.     
E. LIEUTENANT COLONELS AND COLONELS - THE TOP-LEVEL SCHOOL PME
CRITERIA FOR LIEUTENANT COLONELS AND COLONELS IS EITHER A
SENIOR-LEVEL SERVICE COLLEGE RESIDENT COURSE, A SENIOR-LEVEL SERVICE
COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, A SENIOR-LEVEL FOREIGN COLLEGE
RESIDENT COURSE, OR A RECOGNIZED SENIOR-LEVEL PME EQUIVALENT
FELLOWSHIP. ANNUAL FOREIGN COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION IS
ANNOUNCED VIA THE ANNUAL TLS BOARD CONVENING MARADMIN.
F. RESERVE AND LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS (LDO) SHOULD COMPLETE THE SAME
PME CRITERIA IDENTIFIED FOR ACTIVE DUTY AND UNRESTRICTED OFFICERS
OF EQUITABLE GRADE. 
G. ALL OFFICER PME RESIDENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE (CLS, ILS, AND TLS)
IS DETERMINED BY A BOARD SELECTION PROCESS. FURTHER INFORMATION
CONCERNING EACH PME BOARD SELECTION PROCESS IS PROMULGATED ANNUALLY
WITH THE M&RA MARADMIN ANNOUNCING THE CONVENING OF THE PME SELECTION
BOARD FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR. 
H. USMC POLICY IS THAT FOR PURPOSES OF "PME COMPLETE" THERE IS NO
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PME ATTAINED THROUGH THE RESIDENT PROGRAM AND
PME ATTAINED THROUGH THE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. ENROLLMENT AND
PARTICIPATION IN APPROPRIATE LEVEL DEPS AS SOON AS ELIGIBLE IS
ENCOURAGED AS IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE OFFICER'S ELIGIBILITY FOR
SELECTION TO ATTEND THE EQUIVALENT RESIDENT PROGRAM. 
2.  THE COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DELIVERY OF ALL MARINE CORPS EWS, AND CSC NON-RESIDENT EDUCATION. 
CCE OFFERS FACULTY-LED SEMINARS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE
THROUGH A NETWORK OF REGIONAL COORDINATORS. SEMINAR SCHEDULES,
WAIVER INFORMATION, AND REGIONAL COORDINATOR/SATELLITE CAMPUSES
CONTACT INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CCE.
3.  JOINT PME (JPME) POLICIES, PROCEDURES, OBJECTIVES, AND
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DIRECTED BY REF C, OFFICER PROFESSIONAL
MILITARY EDUCATION POLICY (OPMEP).  UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN THE
ANNUAL SELECTION BOARD CONVENING MESSAGES, ALL APPROVED PME SCHOOLS
ARE ALSO JPME ACCREDITED. 
4. MCU HAS COORDINATED WITH MMSB AND MMPR TO ENSURE PME CRITERIA
FOR PROMOTION CONSIDERATIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
5. MCU PRESIDENT IS THE PME ADVOCATE FOR THE MARINE CORPS.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY SES DONALD R. GARDNER, PRESIDENT, MARINE
CORPS UNIVERSITY.//