UNCLASSIFIED
MARADMIN 569/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/-CMC WASHINGTON DC/MCI//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE (MCI) ENROLLS 15 MILLIONTH COURSE//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1. THE MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE RECENTLY REACHED A MAJOR MILESTONE, AFTER ISSUING ITS 15 MILLIONTH DISTANCE EDUCATION LEARNING COURSE.  AT PRECISELY 10:04:24 EST, AUG. 6, CORPORAL KELLY M. GUCCIONE, A FIELD RADIO OPERATOR, STATIONED AT CAMP HANSON, OKINAWA, JAPAN, MARINE FORCES PACIFIC, III MEF, ENROLLED IN THE 15 MILLIONTH MCI COURSE. CPL GUCCIONE, A 22-YEAR OLD NATIVE OF ST. LOUIS, MO., HELPED MCI REACH THE MULTI-MILLION MILESTONE, BY ORDERING THE SERGEANT'S DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, A COURSE SERIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION AND THE ANALYTICAL THINKING SKILLS OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE MARINE CORPS.  THE MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE WILL BE ISSUING CPL GUCCIONE A FORMAL CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE AND A PLAQUE, AS A TRIBUTE TO THIS LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT IN MARINE CORPS HISTORY.
2.  THE POINT OF CONTACT IS MSGT GREENLEAF, STUDENT SERVICES DIVISION MCI, DSN 325-7611 OR COMM (202) 685-7611.//