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FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//MCU//
TO MARADMIN
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UNCLAS //N01500//
MARADMIN 311/02
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA/C40/EWS//
SUBJ/EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL//
POC//LTCOL W. A. HAMLIN/DSN 278-2602/COMM (703) 784-2602//
RMKS/1. SITUATION. THE MARINE CORPS’ TWO CAREER LEVEL PROFESSIONAL
MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) RESIDENT SCHOOLS, AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SCHOOL
(AWS) AND COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSE (CCSC) HAVE MERGED INTO
ONE CAREER LEVEL SCHOOL (CLS). THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED
EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL (EWS).
2. MISSION. EWS WILL PROVIDE CAREER-LEVEL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
TO SELECTED MARINE, OTHER SERVICE, AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS WITH
EMPHASIS ON WARFIGHTING, COMMAND AND CONTROL, COMBINED ARMS
OPERATIONS, AND MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCES (MAGTF) IN
EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO PREPARE GRADUATES TO FUNCTION
AS COMMANDERS AND STAFF OFFICERS AT APPROPRIATE LEVELS WITHIN THE
OPERATING FORCES.
3. EXECUTION. EWS LEVERAGES THE SYNERGY OF THE MERGER OF AWS AND
CCSC TO PROVIDE SUPERIOR PME FOR ALL CAPTAINS. EWS IS EVOLUTIONARY,
NOT REVOLUTIONARY. THE EWS CURRICULUM REFLECTS THE STRENGTHS OF
BOTH AWS (MARINE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS AND EXPEDITIONARY
OPERATIONS) AND CCSC (COMMAND AND CONTROL, INFORMATION OPERATIONS,
AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT). THE CURRICULUM’S FOUNDATION IS
CURRENT DOCTRINE AND THE EXPEDITIONARY MANUEVER WARFARE AND STRATEGY
21 CORE COMPETENCIES. COMMAND AND CONTROL, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
AND INFORMATION OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETELY INTEGRATED INTO THE CORE
CURRICULUM. EWS WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MAGTF EMPLOYMENT IN
EXPEDITIONARY AND NAVAL OPERATIONS IN JOINT AND MULTINATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTS. FURTHERMORE, THE EWS CURRICULUM WILL FORM THE
FOUNDATION OF THE CLS DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. EWS WILL ALSO
PROVIDE ADVANCED MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SKILL (MOS) PROGRESSION
TRAINING FOR RESIDENT STUDENTS IN THE FORM OF OCCUPATIONAL FIELD
EXPANSION COURSES (OFEC). COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM SCHOOL
REMAINS THE SPONSOR FOR THE 0602 COMMUNICATIONS OFEC.
HISTORICALLY, THE OFEC FOR EACH MOS WAS IMBEDDED WITHIN THE PME
CURRICULUM. EWS WILL CONSIST OF 40 WEEKS OF PME, OFEC AND
DEDICATED PERIODS TO MARINE CORPS ISSUES IN ORDER TO PREPARE
CAPTAINS FOR THEIR RETURN TO THE OPERATING FORCES. EWS,
CLASS OF 2003, WILL CONVENE AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED GEIGER HALL
(BLDG 2077), MCU, QUANTICO, VA ON 2 AUG 02.
A. COMMANDERS INTENT. TO PREPARE MARINE CAPTAINS AND OTHER
SELECTED OFFICERS FOR THE CONDUCT OF MAGTF OPERATIONS AT
THE MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT (MEU) AND MARINE
EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE (MEB)/MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
(MEF) LEVELS IN A JOINT AND COMBINED CONTEXT.
B. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS. THE CURRICULUM CONSISTS OF 40 WEEKS
OF PME AND OFEC AND IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A MAXIMUM OF 240
STUDENTS DIVIDED INTO 15 CONFERENCE GROUPS. THE CURRICULUM
IS COMPRISED OF FOUR MAJOR SUBCOURSES: WARFIGHTING, MAGTF
OPERATIONS, NAVAL OPERATIONS AND EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS.
OTHER SUBCOURSES, SUCH AS LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL
STUDIES, ARE PURPOSELY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CURRICULUM TO
PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL BALANCE. THE CURRICULUM IS A
COMBINATION OF LECTURE, GUEST LECTURE, GUIDED DISCUSSION,
DECISION EXERCISES, PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND BATTLE STUDIES.
C. ACTION
(1) MMOA
(A) FOR OFFICERS IN RECEIPT OF ORDERS TO REPORT TO AWS
OR CCSC FOR AY 03 NO ORDERS MODIFICATION IS
REQUIRED AS STUDENTS WILL BE JOINED TO MCC J62.
(B) REQUEST THE CONTENT AND CONSTRUCT OF EWS BE
DISSEMINATED DURING COUNSELING AND ROAD SHOWS.
(2) TECOM
(A) REQUEST PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL FOUR
SERVICES AT EWS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE
ESTABLISHED TRAINING INPUT PLAN.
(B) REQUEST THAT COALITION AND SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER
REFLECTS THIS CHANGE IN THE MILITARY ARTICLES AND
SERVICES LISTING OF MARINE CORPS EDUCATION AND
TRAINING COURSES OFFERED TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
AND NOTIFIES APPROPRIATE U.S. AND CUSTOMER COUNTRY
ORGANIZATIONS.
(C) REQUEST ASSIGN NEW SERVICE SCHOOL CODE (SSC) AND
COURSE IDENTIFICATION (CID) UPON REVIEW OF EWS
COURSE DESCRIPTIVE DATA (CDD) AND PROGRAM OF
INSTRUCTION (POI).
(3) MCU/EDCOM
(A) WILL NOTIFY APPROPRIATE SISTER SERVICE EDUCATION
COMMANDS OF THE MERGER TO INCLUDE THE REVISIONS TO THE
POI.
(B) WILL ENSURE COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE)
CONTINUES TO ADMINISTER THE AWS NONRESIDENT PHASE I
AND II.
(C) WILL ENSURE CCE COORDINATES WITH EWS FOR MODIFICATIONS
TO FUTURE EWS NONRESIDENT PROGRAM BY FY04.
(D) WILL SUBMIT EWS TABLE OF ORGANIZATION/EQUIPMENT CHANGE
REQUEST TO TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE DIVISION, MCCDC
THAT REFLECTS THE TRANSFER OF SIX LINE NUMBERS FROM
T/O 7424 TO T/O 7423.
(E) WILL SUBMIT EWS CDD AND POI TO FORMAL SCHOOLS TRAINING
BRANCH.
4. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS
A. OFFICERS WHO DESIRE TO VOLUNTEER FOR EWS SHOULD CONTACT
THEIR RESPECTIVE MONITOR.
B. THIS RESIDENT PME CHANGE DOES NOT AFFECT THE CURRENT
NONRESIDENT AWS PME PROGRAM FOR AY03.
C. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
HTTP://WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/EWS/
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL
A. ENSURE WIDEST DISSEMINATION OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS MARADMIN
THROUGH LOCAL COMMAND PME BRIEFS.
B. DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MARADMIN TO LTCOL W. A.
HAMLIN, USMC AT PHONE DSN 278-2602/COMM (703) 784-2602 OR
E-MAIL HAMLINWA@TECOM.USMC.MIL. POC AT MMOA IS MAJ M.J.
TARGOS III, USMC AT DSN 278-9272/COMM (703) 784-9272 OR
EMAIL TARGOSMJ@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL.//
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