MARADMINS : 260/03
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MARADMIN 260/03
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SUBJ/STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS ADVANCED DISTANCE EDUCATION
/PROGRAM (SNCOADEP) REVISION AND PUBLICATION//
REF/A/MCO 1553.4A/PME/-//
REF/B/MARADMIN/077-03/-//
NARR/REF (A) IS MCO 1553.4A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME).
REF (B) IS MARADMIN 077/03 WHICH PROVIDED INITIAL INFORMATION AND
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO THE PROGRAM REVISION.//
POC/R. P. HERITAGE/MAJ/OPSO MCI/-/TEL:DSN 325-7620
/EMAIL:COMM 202-685-7620//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PER REF (A), GUNNERY SERGEANTS DESIRING
PROMOTION TO FIRST SERGEANT OR MASTER SERGEANT MUST COMPLETE
THE SNCOADEP AND WARFIGHTING DEP. COMPLETION OF THE SNCOADEP
IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING THE RESIDENT SNCO ADVANCED
COURSE AND IS AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE DESIRING
PROMOTION TO FIRST SERGEANT.
2. EFFECTIVE 22 JUNE 2003, THE CURRENT 7200 SNCOADEP WILL BE
DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED BY THE REVISED 8200 SNCOADEP.
3. THE 8200 SNCOADEP CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES: 8201
MILITARY STUDIES, 8202 MILITARY JUSTICE AND LAW OF WAR, 8203
WARFIGHTING TECHNIQUES, 8204 COMBAT TECHNIQUES, 8205 COMBINED
ARMS AND OBJECTIVES FROM THE 7400 WARFIGHTING SKILLS DEP.
4. COMPLETION OF THE 8200 SNCOADEP WILL APPEAR IN THE MARINE
CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEMS AS "SNCO ADVANCED DEPWF (8200)", AND
ASSIGNED A SERVICE SCHOOL CODE OF T3K. THIS REVISED PROGRAM
WILL SATISFY DISTANCE EDUCATION PME REQUIREMENTS FOR GUNNERY
SERGEANTS.
5. UPON COMPLETION OF THE WARRANT OFFICER BASIC COURSE, THE
REQUIREMENT FOR WARRANT OFFICERS TO ENROLL AND COMPLETE 7400
WARFIGHTING SKILLS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNLESS THEY HAVE ALREADY
COMPLETED THE 8200 PROGRAM.
6. STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE 7200 PROGRAM WILL HAVE
UNTIL 22 JUNE 2005 TO COMPLETE ALL COURSES WITHIN THE 7200
PROGRAM. UPON COMPLETION OF THE 7200 PROGRAM, STUDENTS WILL
HAVE TO COMPLETE 7400 OR 8200 IN ORDER TO SATISFY DISTANCE
PME REQUIREMENTS. STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN 7400 OR 8200 WILL
HAVE FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE THEY ENROLL TO COMPLETE THE
RESPECTIVE PROGRAM.
7. THOSE WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE 7200 PROGRAM BY 22 JUNE
2005 WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISENROLLED WITHOUT RECEIVING
CREDIT AND WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE 8200 IN ORDER TO SATISFY
DISTANCE PME REQUIREMENTS.
8. STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED 7200 AND ARE ENROLLED IN
7400 SHOULD COMPLETE THE 7400 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR
COURSE COMPLETION DATE, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE
THEY ENROLLED.
9. STUDENTS WHO DECIDE TO DROP OUT OF THE 7200 OR THE
7400 PROGRAM AND ENROLL IN THE 8200 PROGRAM WILL NOT BE
GIVEN CREDIT FOR COURSES ALREADY COMPLETED IN THE 7200
OR 7400 PROGRAM.
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