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OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL SCHOOL /DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM - TRANSITION FROM AWSDEP 8510/8600 TO EWSDEP 8650 (CORRECTED COPY) 

R 250734Z MAY 05    
      FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)    
      TO AL MARADMIN(UC)    
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      MARADMIN 247/05    
      MSGID/GENADMIN/MCCDC QUANTICO VA/TECOM//    
      SUBJ/OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL SCHOOL    
      /DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM - TRANSITION FROM AWSDEP 8510/8600 TO    
      /EWSDEP 8650 (CORRECTED COPY)//    
      REF/A/DOC/CMC/YMD:19910618//    
      REF/B/MSG/CMC/041200Z7JUN2002//    
      REF/C/MSG/CMC/021706Z6SEP2004//    
      NARR/REF A IS MCO P1553.4A - PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION//    
      GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PER THE POLICIES AND CONCEPTS CONTAINED IN REFS    
      (A) (B) AND    
      (C), THE AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SCHOOL DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM 8510    
      PHASE I AND 8600 PHASE II (AWSDEP 8510/8600) HAS BEEN REWRITTEN TO    
      REFLECT THE NEW CURRICULUM BEING TAUGHT AT THE RESIDENT    
      EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL.  EFFECTIVE 1AUG05 THE NEW    
      EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM (EWSDEP)    
      8650 WILL REPLACE THE AWSDEP 8510/8600.  THE EWSDEP 8650 WILL APPEAR    
      IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM AS "EWSDEP (8650)" AND IS    
      ASSIGNED A SERVICE SCHOOL CODE OF "KHG."      
      2.  REFS (A) AND (C) ARE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING PME POLICY    
      CHANGES:    
      A. TO MEET THE PRIMARY LEVEL PME CRITERIA FOR CAPTAINS, OFFICERS    
      MUST COMPLETE EITHER THE AWSDEP 8510/8600 BY 31DEC06, A COMBINATION    
      OF AWSDEP/EWSDEP AS EXPLAINED IN PARA 5, OR THE EWSDEP 8650.     
      CAPTAINS ATTENDING AN ARMY TYPE II CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE (CCC) MUST    
      COMPLETE EITHER THE AWSDEP PHASE I 8510 (IF ENROLLED BY 31MAY05) OR    
      THE EWSDEP 8650 TO MEET PME CRITERIA FOR GRADE.  FUTURE ARMY CCC    
      EQUIVALENCY OPTIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY MCU.    
      B. SNCOS WHO DESIRE TO ENROLL OR TRANSITION TO THE NEW EWSDEP WILL    
      REQUIRE A WAIVER FROM PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY, DEPUTY    
      DIRECTOR EPME.  ENLISTED DEP WAIVER FORMAT AND INFORMATION CAN BE    
      FOUND AT WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/SNCOA/DEP.    
      3.  OFFICERS ENROLLED IN AWSDEP 8510/8600 WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY    
      ENROLLED IN A CCE EWSDEP SEMINAR PROGRAM MUST EITHER:    
      A. COMPLETE THE AWSDEP 8510/8600 NO LATER THAN 31DEC06, AS    
      PREVIOUSLY STATED IN REF (C), OR BE AUTOMATICALLY DISENROLLED AT    
      THAT TIME WITHOUT CREDIT.    
      B. CONTACT THE COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE) OR A CCE    
      REGIONAL COORDINATOR (RC) TO COORDINATE A TRANSITION TO EWSDEP 8650.    
      4.  STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A CCE EWSDEP SEMINAR PROGRAM WILL    
      BE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED INTO THE EWSDEP 8650 BY THEIR CCE RC AS    
      STATED IN REF (C).    
      5.  STUDENTS TRANSITIONING TO EWSDEP 8650 WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY    
      COMPLETED AWSDEP 8510 PHASE I WILL RECEIVE EWSDEP BLOCK 8651-8653    
      CREDIT.  STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AWSDEP 8510/8600 WHO HAVE NOT    
      COMPLETED EITHER AWSDEP 8510 PHASE I OR 8600 PHASE II ARE ENCOURAGED    
      TO CONTACT THE CCE TO REQUEST A TRANSITION TO THE EWSDEP 8650.     
      PARTIAL CREDIT FOR THE COMPLETION OF ONLY A PORTION OF AWSDEP 8510    
      PHASE I OR 8600 PHASE II WILL NOT BE GIVEN.    
      6.  CCE OPERATIONS WILL ENSURE THAT APPROPRIATE CREDIT IS GIVEN TO    
      THE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM STUDENT BY COORDINATING THE EWSDEP    
      8650 TRANSITION ENROLLMENT WITH MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE (MCI).     
      STUDENTS SHALL NOT CONTACT MCI DIRECTLY TO EFFECT THE TRANSITION.        
      7.  EWSDEP 8650 WILL BE OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT 1AUG05 VIA THE MCI WEB    
      SITE OR THROUGH A CCE REGIONAL COORDINATOR.  AWSDEP 8510 PHASE I AND    
      8600 PHASE II WILL CLOSE FOR ENROLLMENT ON 1JUN05.  REQUESTS FOR    
      REPLACEMENT MATERIAL WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS    
      UNTIL 31DEC06.  STUDENTS TRANSITIONING TO EWSDEP 8650 WILL BE MAILED    
      A COMPLETE EWSDEP 8650 PACKAGE REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH OF THE AWSDEP    
      8510/8600 THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED.  EWSDEP 8650 STUDENTS WILL    
      HAVE THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF TRANSITION OR INITIAL ENROLLMENT    
      TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.    
      8.  TRANSITION FROM AWSDEP 8510/8600 TO EWSDEP 8650 IS INTENDED TO    
      BE FLEXIBLE AND EQUITABLE FOR ALL CONCERNED.  WAIVERS TO THIS POLICY    
      WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS BY THE DIRECTOR, CCE.    
      9.  POC INFO:    
      A. CCE STUDENT SUPPORT: MS. DELBAERE: TEL; DSN 278-4390; COMM (703)    
      784-4390; 1-800-992-9210.      
      B. CCE REGIONAL COORDINATOR: GO TO THE CCE WEB SITE AT    
      WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CCE OR CALL CCE STUDENT SUPPORT.    
      C. ENLISTED WAIVERS: PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY- CODE (C    
      40), ATTN: DEPUTY DIRECTOR EPME, 2076 SOUTH STREET, MARINE CORPS    
      COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND, QUANTICO, VA. 22134-5067.//