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UNCLAS //N01000//
MARADMIN 209/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/MCCDC QUANTICO VA/MCU//
SUBJ/AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SCHOOL DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (AWSDEP)
REVISION AND PUBLICATION//
REF/A/MCO 1553.4A//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 1553.4A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATON (PME)//
POC/B.K. MORGAN/MAJ/CCE/-/TEL: DSN 278-4390/TEL: COML (703)
784-4390//
RMKS/1. THE CURRENT AWSDEP CONSISTS OF TWO PHASES; PHASE I IS THE
8500 PROGRAM; PHASE II IS THE 8600 PROGRAM.
2. PER REF A, AWSDEP PHASE I IS REQD PME FOR CWO3. AWSDEP PHASE I
AND PHASE II IS REQD PME FOR CAPTAINS.
3. EFFECTIVE 1 JUNE 2001, THE CURRENT 8500 PROGRAM WILL BE
DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED BY THE REVISED 8510 PROGRAM AS PHASE I OF
THE AWSDEP. THE AWSDEP 8510 PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THREE COURSES: THE
8511, WARFIGHTING COURSE; 8512 COMMAND AND CONTROL COURSE AND; 8513,
MARINE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS.
4. STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE AWSDEP 8500 PROGRAM WILL HAVE
UNTIL 31 MAY 2003 TO COMPLETE IT AND THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TRANSITION
TO THE REVISED AWSDEP 8510 PROGRAM. ON 1 JUNE 2003, THOSE WHO HAVE
NOT COMPLETED 8500 WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISENROLLED WITHOUT
RECEIVING CREDIT.
5. THE MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE WILL SUPPORT THE AWSDEP 8500 WITH
MATERIAL UNTIL ON-HAND STOCKS ARE DEPLETED BUT NLT 31 MAY 2003.//
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