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UNCLAS //N01120//
MARADMIN 544/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MARBKS/MCI//
SUBJ/SERGEANTS DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (SDEP) REVISION AND
/PUBLICATION//
REF/A/MCO 1553.4A//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1553.4A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATON (PME).
POC/J. R. WILLIAMSON/CAPT/MCI/-/TEL:DSN 325-7607/TEL:COML(202)
685-7607//
RMKS/1. PER THE REF, SDEP IS REQUIRED PME FOR ALL SERGEANTS WITH
COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM BEING A PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING THE
SERGEANT’S COURSE. SENIOR CORPORALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENROLL
IN THE SDEP.
2. EFFECTIVE 9 NOVEMBER 2001, THE CURRENT SDEP 8000 PROGRAM WILL
BE DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED BY THE NEW 8010 PROGRAM. THE SDEP
8010 PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPROVED AND WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING
CURRICULUM: 8011 BASIC GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION; 8012 LEADERSHIP;
8013 MILITARY STUDIES; 8014 INTRODUCTION TO WARFIGHTING; 8015
WARFIGHTING TACTICS; 8016 WARFIGHTING TECHNIQUES; AND 8017
WEAPONS.
3. STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE SDEP 8000 PROGRAM DO NOT
HAVE TO TRANSITION TO THE NEW SDEP 8010 PROGRAM.
4. ON 9 NOVEMBER 2004, MCI WILL NO LONGER MAIL OR STOCK THE
COURSE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE SDEP 8000 PROGRAM AND THOSE
STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE SDEP 8000 PROGRAM WILL
BE AUTOMATICALLY DISENROLLED WITHOUT RECEIVING CREDIT.//
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