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MARADMIN 298/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MCU//
SUBJ/THE COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE) AND OFFICER
PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) FOR ACADEMIC YEAR (AY)
2001-2002//
REF/A/DOC/ALMAR 034/99, OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
(PME)//CMC/09 NOV 99//
REF/B/DOC/MCO P1553.4, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME)//
REF/C/DOC/AWSDEP PHASE I 8510 AND PHASE II 8600//
REF/D/DOC/CSCDEP 8800//
REF/E/DOC/MARADMIN 473/00/SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2001-2002 ADMISSIONS
INFORMATION FOR USMC COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION
PROGRAM APPLICANTS TO THE COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED
WARFIGHTING (SAW)//
NARR/REF A IS ALMAR 034/99/OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
(PME)/REF B IS MCO P1553.4, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION/REF C IS
THE AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SCHOOL DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (AWSDEP)
PHASE I (8510) AND PHASE II (8600) POI'S/REF D IS THE COMMAND AND
STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (CSCDEP) 8800 PROGRAM OF
INSTRUCTION (POI)/REF E IS MARADMIN 473/00, ACADEMIC YEAR 2001-2002
ADMISSIONS INFORMATION FOR USMC COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE
EDUCATION PROGRAM APPLICANTS TO THE COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE SCHOOL
OF ADVANCED WARFIGHTING (SAW).//
POC/J.J. HARVEY/LTCOL/MCU/-/TEL: DSN 278-2410 TEL: COML (703)
784-2410/J.J. MACMILLAN/LTCOL/MCU/-/TEL: DSN 278-2410 TEL: COML
(703) 784-2410/EMAIL: MACMILLANJJ@TECOM.USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1. CCE BACKGROUND. THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY’S (MCU) CCE IS
THE MARINE CORPS’ COLLEGE FOR SUPPORTING AND ADVANCING THE AWSDEP
AND CSCDEP. ESTABLISHED IN 1997, CCE’S MAIN CAMPUS IS LOCATED
ABOARD MARINE CORPS BASE (MCB), QUANTICO, VA. BECAUSE NOT ALL
OFFICERS CAN AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A RESIDENT
SCHOOL, CCE DELIVERS PME SUPPORT TO OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
BY HARNESSING AND EXPORTING THE RESOURCES OF MCU VIA A NETWORK
OF SATELLITE CAMPUSES. THE SATELLITE CAMPUSES ARE LOCATED AT MCB'S
QUANTICO, CAMP LEJEUNE, CAMP PENDLETON, HAWAII, BUTLER (OKINAWA),
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION (MCAS) MIRAMAR, NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS)
PENSACOLA AND A MARINE CORPS RESERVE CAMPUS IS BASED AT MCB QUANTICO.
EACH SATELLITE CAMPUS IS MANAGED BY A REGIONAL COORDINATOR (RC).
RCs ARE SPECIFICALLY CONTRACTED TO RECRUIT STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE
IN SEMINARS, PROVIDE STUDENT SUPPORT (INCLUDING ON-SITE EXAM
PROCTORING AND GRADING) AND OVERSIGHT OF ADJUNCT FACULTY. THE CCE
ACADEMIC YEAR (AY) RUNS 1 OCTOBER THROUGH 30 JUNE AND CONSISTS OF
2-3 HOUR SEMINARS MEETING ONCE A WEEK. THE SEMINAR PROGRAMS FOR
BOTH THE AWSDEP AND CSCDEP TAKE TWO AY’S TO COMPLETE.
2. CCE’S GROWTH. SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT, CCE HAS CONVENED
274 SEMINARS SUPPORTING OVER 4000 AWSDEP/CSCDEP STUDENTS
PARTICIPATING IN THE AWSDEP AND CSCDEP. THE NUMBER OF DEP
GRADUATES HAS INCREASED EACH YEAR. FROM 1992-1997, 172 STUDENTS
GRADUATED FROM THE CSCDEP. SINCE 1997, THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES
FOR BOTH DEP’S HAS INCREASED AS FOLLOWS: AY 97-98, CSCDEP 138,
AWSDEP 195; AY 98-99, CSCDEP 318, AWSDEP 322; AY 99-00, CSCDEP
627, AWSDEP 340. CCE PROJECTS, FOR AY 00-01, OVER 1000 CSCDEP
GRADUATES AND OVER 800 AWSDEP GRADUATES. AWSDEP AND CSCDEP
GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS FROM MCU VIA CCE.
3. PROMOTION AND ASSIGNMENT. IN REF A, THE CMC SAID, “THE
QUALITY OF THE MARINE CORPS' DISTANCE EDUCATION PME HAS VASTLY
IMPROVED OVER THE PAST DECADE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE
APPROPRIATE LEVEL PME IS NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL MARINE CORPS
OFFICERS. OUR DIRECTION IS CLEAR: ALL OFFICERS SHOULD COMPLETE
THE PME APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR GRADE, AS AN ENHANCEMENT FOR
PROMOTION CONSIDERATION.” MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND PER REF (A),
DISTANCE EDUCATION (DE) PME FOR COMPANY GRADE OFFICERS AND MAJORS
IS EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF RESIDENT PME FOR PURPOSES OF PROMOTIONS
AND ASSIGNMENTS. AS A RESULT, SELECTION BOARDS CONSIDER COMPLETION
OF CAREER LEVEL SCHOOL (CLS), INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCHOOL (ILS) AND
TOP LEVEL SCHOOL (TLS) AS BEING EQUAL WITHOUT REGARD TO RESIDENCY
OR DE COMPLETION.
4. CAPTAIN’S PME. CAPTAINS CAN FULFILL THEIR CLS REQUIREMENT BY:
A. ATTENDING THE RESIDENT AWS OR COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM
COURSE (CCSC). PER REFERENCE B, CCSC IS A CAREER LEVEL SCHOOL
(CLS) EQUIVALENT. GRADUATES OF THIS COURSE ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED
TO COMPLETE AWSDEP PHASE I 8510.
B. ATTENDING ANOTHER SERVICE RESIDENT CLS LISTED IN APPENDIX
B OF REFERENCE B. OFFICERS PARTICIPATING IN ANOTHER SERVICE
RESIDENT CLS MUST ALSO COMPLETE AWSDEP PHASE I 8510 TO BE CLS PME
COMPLETE.
C. COMPLETING REF C, THE AWSDEP PHASE I 8510 AND PHASE II
8600. COMPLETION OF AWSDEP PHASE I 8510 CONTINUES TO BE A
PREREQUISITE FOR ENROLLMENT IN AWSDEP PHASE II 8600. DUE TO THE
SUCCESS OF THE CSCDEP SEMINAR PROGRAM, CCE BEGAN SUPPORTING
OFFICERS ENROLLED IN AWSDEP PHASE II 8600 WITH SEMINARS AT MAJOR
MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS IN OCTOBER 1999 AND WITH PHASE I 8510
SEMINARS IN OCTOBER 2000. INTERESTED OFFICERS SHOULD CONTACT THE
NEAREST CCE RC LISTED AT THE FOLLOWING INTERNET ADDRESS:
WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/CCE/CCE.HTM.
5. MAJOR’S PME. MAJORS CAN COMPLETE THEIR ILS PME BY:
A. ATTENDING THE RESIDENT CSC.
B. ATTENDING ANOTHER SERVICE RESIDENT OR COMPLETING THEIR
DE ILS PROGRAM. OFFICERS THAT COMPLETE ANOTHER SERVICE RESIDENT
OR DE ILS PROGRAM MUST ALSO COMPLETE CSCDEP COURSES "THE MAGTF"
8804 AND "THE MARINE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS" 8805 TO BE PME
COMPLETE. (CSCDEP COURSES 8804 AND 8805, WHEN COMBINED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF DISSEMINATION TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ANOTHER SERVICE
ILS PROGRAM IS REFERRED TO AS 8845).
C. COMPLETING REFERENCE D, CSCDEP. CCE WILL CONTINUE
SUPPORTING THE SUCCESSFUL CSCDEP SEMINAR PROGRAM THIS ACADEMIC
YEAR THROUGH ITS SATELLITE CAMPUS SYSTEM COMMENCING IN OCTOBER
2001. COURSE SCHEDULES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE CCE WEB
PAGE NLT 1 AUGUST 01 OR BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST CCE RC
COMMENCING IN JULY 01.
6. FIRST LTS AND CAPTAINS SELECTED TO THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE ARE
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ENROLL IN THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL PME
IMMEDIATELY UPON SELECTION. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE CCE SEMINAR PROGRAMS, OFFICERS MUST BE BOTH ENROLLED IN THE
APPROPRIATE DEP AND IN POSSESSION OF THE “BOX OF BOOKS” AT THE
START OF THE AY.
7. AS A CSCDEP GRADUATE, CAN I COMPETE FOR A SEAT AT THE CSC’S
SAW? YES, FOR AY 01-02 (JULY 2001-JUNE 2002, REF E REFERS),
MCU ACCEPTED USMC CSCDEP APPLICANTS FOR POSSIBLE SELECTION
TO SAW. SAW SELECTED 16 USMC STUDENTS: 13 FROM RESIDENT ILS
PROGRAMS AND 3 FROM THE USMC CSCDEP. THE SAW PROGRAM
CONCENTRATES ON DEVELOPING DECISION-MAKING AND COMPLEX
PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL, EMPLOYING
BOTH HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AS A FRAMEWORK. THE
11 MONTH SYLLABUS COMPLEMENTS AND EXPANDS ON THE EDUCATION
RECEIVED FROM THE CSC RESIDENT ILS PROGRAM AND THE CSCDEP.
LOOK FOR A FALL 01 MARADMIN ANNOUNCING CSCDEP APPLICATION
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR SAW’S 02-03 AY. FURTHER
INFORMATION ON SAW IS AVAILABLE AT THE MCU WEBSITE
(WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL) UNDER THE CCE AND CSC BUTTONS.
8. I WANT TO JOIN AN AY 01-02 CCE SEMINAR; WHO IS MY RC?
CCE RC’S ARE:
A. MCB CAMP LEJEUNE: NEW RIVER, NORFOLK, LITTLE CREEK,
CHERRY POINT, BEAUFORT, PARRIS ISLAND - MR. JAMES WHEELER/
TEL: DSN 751-9309/3091/2/TEL: COMM (910) 451-9309/3091/2.
B. MATSG PENSACOLA: TAMPA, MATSG CORPUS CHRISTI, NAS
KINGSVILLE, MCLB ALBANY - MR. ART ADKINS/TEL: COMM (850)
452-4955.
C. MCB CAMP PENDLETON: BARSTOW, 29 PALMS, BRIDGEPORT,
MR. JEFFREY WILLIS/TEL: DSN 365-8400/3473/TEL: COMM (760)
725-8400/3473.
D. MCB HAWAII: MR. WILLIAM PEOPLES/TEL: DSN 457-1956/
0459/TEL: COMM (808) 257-1956/0459.
E. MCAS MIRAMAR: YUMA, MCRD SAN DIEGO, NPS - MR. GARY
DAHL/TEL: DSN 267-1373/1374/TEL: COMM (858) 577-1373/1374.
F. MCB JAPAN: OKINAWA, MARFOR KOREA, IWAKUNI, CAMP FUJI,
MR. JIM HOPKINS/TEL: DSN 645-2208/2230/2500/TEL: COMM
011-81-6117-45-2230/2208/2500.
G. MCB QUANTICO: USNA, WASHINGTON DC, PATUXENT RIVER,
MR. ANDY PETERS/TEL: DSN 278-1463/1471/TEL: COMM (703)
784-1463/1471.
9. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON CCE DEP’S OR RC’S, ACCESS
THE MCU WEBSITE UNDER THE CCE BUTTON, OR CONTACT THE CCE
OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AT DSN 278-4390/4324 OR COML (703)
784-4390/4324.//
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