R 141505Z AUG 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 402/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES EDU QUANTICO VA/MCU//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CY 2013 RUSSELL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE//
POC/J.E. WILLIS/MGYSGT/SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR/LEJEUNE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE/-/TEL:(703)432-5519/EMAIL:JOHN.E.WILLIS (AT)USMC.MIL POC/M.D. HYAMS/CIV/LEJEUNE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE/-/TEL:(703)432-4710/EMAIL:MICHAEL.HYAMS(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1. SITUATION.  THE RUSSELL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (RLC) IS NAMED IN HONOR OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN H. RUSSELL, THE SIXTEENTH COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (CMC).  IT PROVIDES THE CMC AND THE SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS (SMMC) WITH A PLATFORM TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON CRUCIAL LEADERSHIP ISSUES FACING OUR CORPS.  THE RLC IS A VALUABLE CONDUIT TO GENERATE IDEAS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF THE MARINE CORPS.
2. MISSION.  THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY (MCU) VIA THE LEJEUENE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (LLI) WILL CONDUCT THE RLC FROM 10-12 SEPT 2013.  THE CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE LEADERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINE CORPS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (MCLDP). THE MCLDP IS DESIGNED TO BUILD UPON AND STRENGTHEN THE LEADERSHIP CULTURE OF THE MARINE CORPS.
3. EXECUTION
3.A. COMMANDER'S INTENT.  THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE WILL TARGET PARTICIPATION BY E-8, E-6, E-5, O-3 AND O-2 LEADERSHIP.  THE CONFERENCE IS DEVOTED TO SHAPING AND REFINING THE MCLDP PRIOR TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION.  THIS PROGRAM WILL REPLACE THE MARINE CORPS MENTORING PROGRAM.  OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD, THE ATTENDEES WILL MEET IN SMALL GROUPS FOR IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF THE MCLDP DRAFT ORDER AND ITS SUPPORTING RESOURCES.  THE DESIRED ENDSTATE IS TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK THAT WILL ENABLE THE LLI TO MAKE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CMC AND SMMC.
3.B. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  THE RLC WILL BE HELD AT THE GRAY RESEARCH CENTER ABOARD MARINE CORPS BASE, QUANTICO FROM 10-12 SEPT 2013.
4. ADMIN AND LOGISTICS
4.A. CONFERENCE SEATS.  THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 36 SEATS FOR THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE.  UNFUNDED ORDERS WILL DEPEND ON GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF ATTENDEES.  RESPECTIVE COMMANDS AND ALLOCATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
COMMAND         ALLOCATIONS
MARFORPAC       12
MARFORCOM       6
MCICOM          6
MCCDC           6
MARFORRES       4
MARSOC          2   
EACH COMMMAND IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE (1) MSGT, (1) 1STSGT, (1) SSGT, (1) SGT, (1) CAPT AND (1) 1STLT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MARFORRES AND MARSOC. THOSE COMMANDS WITH LESS THAN SIX ALLOCATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE NOMINEES WITHIN THE REQUESTED RANKS.  ENLISTED NOMINEES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE MARFOR SERGEANT MAJOR.  COMMANDS SHOULD SCREEN THEIR APPLICANTS TO SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED MARINES.  SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR EACH ATTENDEE TO THE RLC POCS VIA E-MAIL NLT 1600 (EST) 22 AUG 2013: ATTENDEE'S FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, MIDDLE INITIAL, GRADE, PHONE NUMBER, E-MAIL ADDRESS.
4.B. TELEPHONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.  COMMANDS THAT DESIRE TO DROP OR REPLACE AN APPROVED ATTENDEE MUST IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY POCS.  FUNDING FOR TRAVEL, LODGING AND PER DIEM, WILL BE PROVIDED BY MCU.  RENTAL VEHICLES MUST BE AUTHORIZED AND FUNDED BY THE ATTENDES RESPECTIVE COMMAND.  ORDERS ARE TO BE NONREPORTING.
4.C. UNIFORM.  DESERT MARPAT UTILITIES.
4.D. LODGING.  ATTENDEES WHO REQUIRE LODGING MUST BILLET AT LIVERSEDGE HALL (703)784-3149 OR UTILIZE CENTRAL BILLETING PROVIDED THROUGH MCU IF AVAILABLE.  IF LIVERSEDGE HALL LODGING IS NOT AVAILABLE, THE ATTENDEE MUST RECEIVE A STATEMENT OF NON-AVAILABILITY FROM LIVERSEDGE HALL PRIOR TO ARRANGING LODGING AT THE CROSSROADS INN (800)965-9511 OR AT AN OFF-BASE LODGING VENUE.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL.  COMMANDERS ARE REQUESTED TO ENSURE WIDEST DISSEMINATION OF THIS MARADMIN TO FACILITATE MARFOR SELECTIONS.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE POCS.
6. RELEASED AUTHORIZED BY BGEN T. D. WEIDLEY, COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//