032255Z SEP 15
MARADMIN 437/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FY16 SENIOR ENLISTED PME COURSE//
REF/A/MARADMIN 521/14//
REF/B/MARADMIN 178/10//
REF/C/ALMAR 035/07//
NARR/REF (A) MARADMIN 521/14, UPDATED ENLISTED PME PROMOTION REQUIREMENT'S BY GRADE AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMAND-SPONSORED LANCE CORPORAL LEADERSHIP-ETHICS AND CAREER COURSE SEMINAR. REF (B) IS THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND WORLD WIDE TRAVEL ACCOUNT PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE. REF (C) IS THE WEARING OF THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT UTILITY UNIFORM.//
POC/DIRECTOR, SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY/ENLISTED PME/MCU/TEL: (703)432-4793/ EMAIL: DAVID.MADDUX(AT)USMC.MIL//AND EMAIL: MCU(UNDERSCORE)SEPME(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. HISTORICALLY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ENLISTED MARINES IN THE GRADE OF E-8 HAS BEEN LIMITED TO SEMINARS AND SELF-STUDY. THE 32ND COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (CMC), ALONG WITH THE 16TH SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS (SMMC), DIRECTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION COURSE TARGETED TO FURTHER THE STUDY OF THE ART OF WAR FOR THESE MARINES. TO MEET THE CMC’S INTENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY HAS DEVELOPED A COURSE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE CRITICAL THINKING AND ADAPTABILITY SKILLS NECESSARY TO FUNCTION AT THE OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC LEVELS OF WAR. THE SENIOR ENLISTED COURSE CONDUCTS AN INTENSE FIVE-WEEK CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON THE FOLLOWING CORE AREAS: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, COMMUNICATION STUDIES, WARFIGHTING, AND JOINT OPERATIONS.
2. MISSION. THE DIRECTOR, SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY, WILL CONDUCT THE SENIOR ENLISTED PME COURSE AT QUANTICO, VIRGINA. DATES FOR FY16 COURSES ARE:
COURSE          SUBMISSION DEADLINE     REPORT          GRAD DATE
1-16            20 AUG 15  14 OCT 15       20 NOV 15
2-16            05 NOV 15  06 JAN 16       12 FEB 16
3-16            29 JAN 16  30 MAR 16       06 MAY 16
4-16            22 APR 16  25 MAY 16       01 JUL 16
5-16            17 JUN 16  17 AUG 16       23 SEP 16
3. EXECUTION
3.A. ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH COURSE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MARFORPAC       17
MARFORCOM       12
MCCDC           08
MCICOM          06
MARFORRES       04
MARSOC          02
NAVY            01
JOINT           01
OTHER           01
3.B. MAJOR COMMANDS NOT LISTED ABOVE MAY NOMINATE STUDENTS BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL VIA THE APPROPRIATE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO THE DIRECTOR, SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY. NON-ALLOCATED NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF SEATS.
3.C. MAJOR SUBMORDINATE COMMANDS (MSC’S) MAY NOMINATE MARINES IN THE GRADE OF E-8 TO ATTEND THE COURSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE ALLOCATIONS. DUE TO LIMITED SCHOOL SEATS, NOMINEES MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE MARINE’S CHAIN OF COMMAND TO THE RESPECTIVE MARFOR SERGEANT MAJOR. MARFOR SERGEANTS MAJOR SHALL SCREEN THEIR APPLICANTS AND SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED MARINES TO ATTEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURSE PREREQUISTIES PRIOR TO THEIR REGISTRATION IN MARINE CORPS TRAINING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MCTIMS). ANY ALLOCATIONS THAT ARE NOT UTILIZED BY THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED BY THE ACADEMY DIRECTOR. ANY CHANGES OF REGISTERED STUDENTS AFTER THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE DIRECTOR BEFORE A REPLACEMENT IS MADE IN MCTIMS.
3.D. COURSE PREREQUISITES.
3.D.1. NOMINEES MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE SENIOR ENLISTED JOINT PME (SEJPME) DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE PROVIDED BY THE JOINT FORCES STAFF COLLEGE. THE SEJPME COURSE IS ACCESSED AT THE JOINT FORCES STAFF COLLEGE WEBSITE AT WWW.JFSC.NDU.EDU OR THE NEW SEJPME II AT HTTPS:(DOUBLE SLASH)JKODIRECT.JTEN.MIL(SLASH).
3.D.2. NOMINATED FIRST SERGEANTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED RESIDENT FIRST SERGEANTS COURSE AND THE FIRST SERGEANT/MASTER SERGEANT REGIONAL SEMINAR. MASTER SERGEANTS MUST HAVE COMPLETED FIRST SERGEANT/MASTER SERGEANT REGIONAL SEMINAR. THE RESPECTIVE COURSE COMPLETION CODES MUST BE REFLECTED WITHIN MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCES SYSTEM (MCTFS).
3.D.3. AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE, VALIDATED IN THE JOINT PERSONNEL ADJUDICATION SYSTEM (JPAS) AND "OWNED" BY THE MARINES PARENT COMMAND IS REQUIRED. MARINES WHO DO NOT POSSESS AN ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COURSE.
3.D.4. NOMINEES MUST HAVE ONE-YEAR OBLIGATED SERVICE REMAINING ON THEIR CONTRACT UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE IN COMPLIANCE WITH MCO 1043.41.
3.D.5. MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HT/WT/PFT/CFT STANDARDS.
3.D.6. SERGEANTS MAJOR AND MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANTS (INCLUDING THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR PROMOTION TO EITHER) ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION. ALSO, NO E-8 THAT HAS BEEN TWICE PASSED FOR PROMOTION TO E-9 WILL BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION.
4. ADMIN AND LOGISTICS.
4.A. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE UNITS MARFOR G-3 FOR REGISTRATION INTO MCTIMS:
4.A.1. COURSE NUMBER
4.A.2. CID (M02KZ50)
4.A.3. LAST NAME, FIRST, MI, EDIPI AND MOS
4.A.4. RANK AND DATE OF RANK
4.A.5. END OF CURRENT CONTRACT
4.B. FORWARD REQUIRED NOMINEE INFORMATION, IDENTIFIED ABOVE, TO THE APPROPRIATE EMAIL ACCOUNT, DIGITALLY SIGNED AND ENCRYPTED: MARFORPAC SUBMIT TO SMB.MARFORPAC.FORMAL.SCHOOL(AT)USMC.MIL; MARFORCOM SUBMIT TO G3FORMALSCHOOL(AT)USMC.MIL; ALL MARFORRES ASSIGNED PERSONNEL SUBMIT TO MARFORRES G3 TRAINING AT MFRG3TRAINING(AT)USMC.MIL; MARSOC SUBMIT TO MARSOC(G3); MCCDC AND MCICOM SUBMIT DIRECTLY TO DIRECTOR OF THE SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY AT MCU_SEPME(AT)USMC.MIL.
4.C. ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DIRECTOR NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE COURSE CONVENE DATE.
4.D. STUDENTS REGISTERED IN MCTIMS WHO CANNOT ATTEND A SCHEDULED COURSE MUST HAVE THEIR REGISTRATION CANCELLED WITHIN MCTIMS. CANCELLING A STUDENT REGISTRATION IS THE UNIT’S RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL BE COORDINATED WITH THE RESPECTIVE MARFOR REPRESENTATIVE.
4.E. APPROPRIATION DATA/TRAVEL ORDER NUMBER (TON)
4.E.1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF (D), AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING FOR RENTAL CARS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT COMMAND.
4.E.2. WITHIN 45 DAYS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, EACH UNIT WILL PROVIDE A COPY OF THE STUDENT’S LIQUIDATION TO CG, TECOM, QUANTICO, VA 22134 (C464FM).
4.F. LODGING. ATTENDEES WHO REQUIRE LODGING MUST LODGE AT THE CROSSROADS INN, TEL: 703-630-4444 OR LIVERSEDGE HALL, TEL: 703-784-3149. A RESERVATION CODE WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT VIA SEPCOR.
4.G. FUNDING WILL BE PROVIDED BY TECOM WORLD-WIDE TRAVEL. ORDERS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT COMMAND.
4.H. ALL ATTENDEES WILL REPORT TO THE SENIOR ENLISTED PME COURSE, MCU, QUANTICO, VA (UPSHUR ROAD, BUILDING 3078) NLT 0600 ON THE COURSE CONVENE DATE. UNIFORM IS PT GEAR, WITH A PAPER COPY OF THEIR ORDERS.
4.I. PREWORK REQUIREMENTS. PRIOR TO ARRIVING, STUDENTS MUST READ AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS: MCDP-1, WARFIGHTING; MCDP-2, INTELLIGENCE; MCDP-3, EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS; MCDP-4, LOGISTICS; MCDP-5, PLANNING; MCDP-6, COMMAND AND CONTROL; AND MCWP 5-1, MARINE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE SEPME WEBSITE AT HTTPS:(DOUBLE SLASH)WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/EPME/SITEPAGES/SENIOR(PERCENTAGE SIGN)20ENLISTED.ASPX IN THE SENIOR ENLISTED COURSE INFORMATION SECTION.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN H. G. PRATT, COMMANDING GENERAL EDUCATION COMMAND; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//