MARADMINS : 458/14
R 151353Z SEP 14
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 458/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMDR EDCOM PRES MCU C40//
SUBJ//MARINE CORPS QUARTERLY PME THEMES/
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC/YMD:20121127//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MCCDC C40 OP/YMD:20080125//
POCS/LTCOL R. S. PETERSON/PME POLICY AND OPERATIONS/MCU/-/TEL: DSN 278-5251/COM 703-432-5251//MAJ J. M. KIIHNE/MCU/-/TEL:DSN 278-9781/COM 703-784-9781//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1553.4B, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME). REF B IS CMC WHITE LETTER 4-12, "READING IN THE MARINE CORPS...THIRTY YEAR OLD BODY AND 5000 YEAR OLD MIND," WHICH UPDATES THE COMMANDANT'S PROFESSIONAL READING LIST (CPRL).
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. REF A DEFINES PME AS CONVEYING THE BROAD BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPING THE HABITS OF MIND THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE MILITARY PROFESSIONAL'S EXPERTISE IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF WAR. THE MARINE CORPS PME PHILOSOPHY IS THAT PME IS A CAREER LONG STUDY OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MILITARY PROFESSION.PME IS DESIGNED TO EQUIP MARINES WITH THE ANALYTICAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO EXERCISE SOUND MILITARY JUDGMENT IN CONTEMPORARY OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATION IN PME IS AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPECTATION.
2. AS DIRECTED IN THE REFS, ALL COMMANDING OFFICERS SHOULD ESTABLISH A COMMAND PME POLICY THAT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PME INTEGRATION THROUGHOUT THEIR MARINES' CAREERS, ENCOURAGES TIMELY COMPLETION OF PME CRITERIA PER GRADE, AND ESTABLISHES AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO THE STUDY OF WAR.COMMAND PME POLICIES ARE TO INCORPORATE THE CPRL INTO THEIR COMMAND AND UNIT PME ACTIVITIES.
3. IN REF B, CMC ENCOURAGED MARINES TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE ISSUES RAISED THROUGH THEIR READING PROGRAMS, TO BROADEN THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND BENEFIT FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS.THESE PROFESSIONAL DISCUSSIONS SHOULD UNITE MARINES OF VARYING RANKS BY PROVIDING A COMMON LITERARY FRAME OF REFERENCE.
4. THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES A NEW SERIES OF RESOURCES TO SUPPORT UNIT COMMANDERS AND THEIR UNIT PME EFFORTS: QUARTERLY PME THEMES.
4.A. MCU/EDCOM WILL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL LIST OF QUARTERLY PME THEMES FOR UNIT PME PROGRAM MANAGERS TO CONSIDER AS A CONSISTENT THREAD FOR A 90-DAY PERIOD OF UNIT PME EVENTS.
4.B. MCU/EDCOM WILL PROVIDE, THROUGH THE CPRL WEBSITE (HTTP:(DOUBLE-SLASH)GUIDES.GRC.USMCU.EDU/QPME), A COLLECTION OF RESOURCES INCLUDING RELATED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DOCUMENTS, SUGGESTED READINGS, VIDEOS, MAPS, AND TIE-INS TO BOOKS FROM THE CPRL DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE IDENTIFIED QUARTERLY THEME.
4.C. THEMES WILL CHANGE EVERY 90 DAYS, WITH NEW MATERIAL AVAILABLE FOR EACH NEW THEME.PREVIOUS QUARTERLY THEMES AND MATERIALS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE IN A DESGINATED ARCHIVE.NEW THEMES AND THEIR MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE OF EACH NEW FISCAL QUARTER ALLOWING UNIT PME PROGRAM MANAGERS TIME TO PREPARE FOR PLANNED PME DISCUSSIONS AND INCLUDE AVAILABLE MATERIAL.
4.D. MCU/EDCOM WILL MAINTAIN A PROGRESSING LIST OF QUARTERLY THEMES, WITH AN UPDATED SEQUENCE OF THEMES PROVIDED ANNUALLY VIA MARADMIN. AS EACH NEW QUARTERLY PME THEME IS PRODUCED, ALL HANDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RECOMMEND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MATERIALS, DEVELOP AND SHARE PME DISCUSSION GUIDES, AND SUGGEST OTHER PME ACTIVITIES, VIA THE CPRL WEBSITE AND DIRECT CORRESPONDENCE TO THE CPRL EMAIL ADDRESS: READING(AT)USMC.MIL.
5. BEGINNING IN FY-15 (1 OCT 2014), THE QUARTERLY PME THEMES FOR FY-15 AND FY-16 (TENTATIVE) ARE:
5.A. FY-15/1: THE LESSONS AND LEGACY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN A.LEJEUNE.
5.B. FY-15/2: 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF IWO JIMA.
5.C. FY-15/3: WARFIGHTING:HISTORY OF MCDP-1, ROOTS OF MANEUVER WARFARE, AND THE DOCTRINE IN ACTION.
5.D. FY-15/4: THE WOUNDED WARRIORS.
5.E. FY-16/1: MARINES IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT, 1950:THE FIRE BRIGADE, OPERATION CHROMITE, AND THE CHOSEN RESERVOIR.
5.F. FY-16/2: SMALL WARS AND IRREGULAR WARFARE.
5.G. FY-16/3: THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA.
5.H. FY-16/4: THE REAWAKENING:HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, ETHICS AND VALUES, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
6. MATERIALS FOR THE FIRST QUARTERLY THEME (LESSONS AND LEGACY OF LTGEN JOHN A. LEJEUNE) ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE CPRL WEBSITE.
7. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN T. D. WEIDLEY, COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND, PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//