R 210456Z FEB 13   
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 085/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/CANCELLATION OF MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE SERGEANTS COURSE AND THE ACTIVATION OF THE MARINENET INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION SERGEANTS COURSE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM//
REF/A/MCO 1553.4B/PME//
REF/B/MCO P1400.32D/ENLPROM//
NARR/REF (A) IS MCO 1553.4B PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
(PME).  REF (B) IS THE MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME
2, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS.//
POC/J. COHN/EPME BRANCH, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY/-/TEL: COMM
703-432-5262/EMAIL: JAMES.COHN(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PER REF (A), COMPLETION OF THE SERGEANTS COURSE MCI (MCI 8010) IS CURRENTLY THE REQUIREMENT FOR SERGEANTS TO BE CONSIDERED PME COMPLETE.  THE COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CDET), IN COOPERATION WITH THE ENLISTED PME BRANCH, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY (MCU), HAS DEVELOPED THE SERGEANTS COURSE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (DEP) EPME5000AA TO BETTER PREPARE MARINE SERGEANTS FOR GREATER LEADERSHIP ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.  THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP ON MARINENET WILL REPLACE THE SERGEANTS COURSE MCI.
2.  THE NEW SERGEANTS COURSE DEP (EPME5000AA) LEVERAGES COMPUTER BASED TRAINING TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE INTERACTIVE, MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT AND HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE OPERATING FORCES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MARINE SERGEANTS IN CURRENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS.  THE COURSE IS A MARINENET CURRICULUM CONSISTING OF 29 LESSONS WITHIN NINE SUB-COURSES:
A.  ADMINISTRATION (EPME5110AA)
B.  COMMUNICATION (EPME5120AA)
C.  WARFIGHTING (EPME5210AA)
D.  SQUAD OPERATIONS (EPME5220AA)
E.  TACTICAL PLANNING (EPME5230AA)
F.  TACTICAL TOOLS (EPME5240AA)
G.  TRAINING (EPME5300AA)
H.  LEADERSHIP I (EPME5410AA)
I.  LEADERSHIP II (EPME5420AA) 
3.  IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP, MARINES ARE REQUIRED TO:
A.  ENROLL IN THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP (EPME5000AA) ON MARINENET (WWW.MARINENET.USMC.MIL).  THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL THE MARINE IN ALL NINE SUB-COURSES.
B.  COMPLETE EACH SUB-COURSE AND ITS ASSOCIATED EXAMINATION.  ONCE THE MARINE HAS NAVIGATED ALL LESSONS WITHIN A SPECIFIED COURSE, A RANDOMIZED END-OF-COURSE EXAMINATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENT THROUGH MARINENET. ALL END-OF-COURSE EXAMINATIONS REQUIRE A PROCTOR.
4.  MARINES WILL SPEND APPROXIMATELY 60 HOURS COMPLETING THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP.  THIS INCLUDES THE TIME NEEDED TO STUDY THE CONTENT, COMPLETE THE EXERCISES, AND TAKE THE END-OF-COURSE EXAMS.  WHEN ALL NINE SUB-COURSES ARE COMPLETED THE STUDENT WILL HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP (EPME5000AA).  CURRICULUM COMPLETION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DOCUMENTED IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS).
5.  PER REFERENCES A AND B, SERGEANTS MUST BE PME COMPLETE FOR GRADE BEFORE THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION.  THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS IS PROVIDED:
A.  THE NEW SERGEANTS COURSE DEP WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MARINENET DURING FEBRUARY 2013.  SERGEANTS WHO COMPLETE THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP ON MARINENET WILL BE CONSIDERED PME COMPLETE FOR GRADE.
B.  EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 2013, THE CURRENT SERGEANTS COURSE MCI (MCI 8010) WILL BE DISCONTINUED.  MARINES WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THE SERGEANTS COURSE MCI MUST COMPLETE THE MCI BY 31 DECEMBER 2013 OR THEY WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISENROLLED.  SERGEANTS WHO COMPLETE THE SERGEANTS COURSE MCI PRIOR TO 1 JANUARY 2014 WILL BE CONSIDERED PME COMPLETE FOR GRADE.
6.  ONLY MARINES IN THE GRADE OF SERGEANT OR ABOVE MAY ENROLL IN THIS COURSE.  THIS ACTION WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUOUS REVIEW OF COURSE CONTENT AND ENABLE CDET AND THE ENLISTED PME BRANCH TO UPDATE COURSE CONTENT ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS WHILE PROVIDING A SOLID LINK TO THE SNCO ACADEMY RESIDENT SERGEANTS COURSE.
7.  RESERVE COMPONENT MARINES WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP WILL RECEIVE 20 RESERVE RETIREMENT CREDITS.
8.  ALL LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER (LRC) FACILITATORS CAN PROCTOR SERGEANTS COURSE DEP EXAMS.  ADDITIONALLY, ANY MARINE SENIOR IN GRADE TO THE STUDENT CAN PROCTOR THE DEP EXAMS AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT ALSO ENROLLED IN THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP.  FOR SPECIAL CASES, THE ROLE OF THE PROCTOR MAY BE GRANTED FOR INDIVIDUALS EVEN IF NOT CURRENT MARINENET USERS.  THIS ROLE IS PRIMARILY USED TO PROVIDE PROCTORING CAPABILITY FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO LRC FACILITIES OR OTHER TRADITIONAL PROCTORS DUE TO LOCATION.  FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A SPECIAL PROCTOR, CONTACT THE MARINENET HELPDESK: 1-888-4DL-USMC, OPTION 2.
9.  FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SERGEANTS COURSE DEP, REVIEW FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AT: WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CDET/SERGEANTS(UNDERSCORE)COURSE.ASP OR CONTACT THE MARINENET HELP DESK: 1-888-4DL-USMC, OPTION 2.
10.  THE CONTENTS OF THIS MARADMIN WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT REVISION OF REFERENCES A AND B.
11.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN W. F. MULLEN III; COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//