R 012023Z APR 25
MARADMIN 176/25
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM
FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 SEAT ALLOCATION ASSIGNMENTS//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/MCO P1553.4B/YMD: 20080125//
REF/B/MSG/CMC/MARADMIN 703/08/YMD: 20081211//
REF/C/MSG/CMC/MARADMIN 396/19/YMD: 20190716//
REF/D/DOC/CMC/MCO 1553.2D/YMD: 20210623//
REF/E/MSG/CMC/MARADMIN 575/15/20151117//
NARR/REF A IS THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ORDER
FOR OFFICERS. REF B MODIFIES AND UPDATES REF A WITH REGARD TO
OFFICER PME. REF C DESCRIBES THE EWSDEP 8670 CURRICULUM. REF D
OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR FILLING FORMAL SCHOOL SEATS. REF E PROVIDES
PROCEDURES FOR FORMAL SCHOOL TAD FUNDING REQUESTS.//
POC/MR. S. E. ERDELATZ/MCU/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: DSN 278.0741
COMM 703.784.0741/EMAIL: [email protected]//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose: To announce Marine Corps University
(MCU) Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS) and Command and Staff
College (CSC) Blended Seminar Program (BSP) seat allocations.
1.a. The BSP is a combination of resident and nonresident online
education at or near home station.
1.b. The College of Distance Education and Training (CDET)
EWSBSPs and CSCBSPs are located at the following MCU regional
campuses: Camp Pendleton, California (CPCA); Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina (CLNC); Quantico, Virginia (QUAN); and EWSBSP only at
Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan (OKIN) and Marine Corps Base Hawaii
(MCBH) Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
2. The program provides the opportunity for officers to complete
Career Level School (CLS) or Intermediate Level School (ILS) within
one academic year, earning graduates of both programs Professional
Military Education (PME) credit and Joint PME (JPME) Phase I credit
for ILS. The following are program details for Fiscal Year
2025-2026.
2.a. EWSBSP is designed for delivery in three stages: Stage one is
a 20 training day resident period, stage two is a 12-week online
period, and stage three is a 30 training day resident period.
CSCBSP is also designed for delivery in three stages: Stage one is
a 23 training day resident period, stage two is a 28-week online
period, and stage three is a 29 training day resident period. The
training days intervals above are approximate and will vary by
region.
2.b. Each resident period will be considered local travel or
Training and Education Command (TECOM) funded Temporary Additional
Duty (TAD) (depending upon home station location), while the online
period will be accomplished during the officer’s off-duty time at
home station.
3. Student eligibility
3.a. The BSP is a total force program. A Marine Administrative
Message (MARADMIN) for reserve participation will be released
separately.
3.b. Commanders must ensure that students selected to attend the
BSP are available for both resident periods.
3.c. The following personnel are eligible to participate in EWSBSP
(in order of priority).
3.c.1. Marine captains (unrestricted and limited duty)
3.c.2. International officers
3.c.3. Captain selects and chief warrant officer (CWO)3s
3.c.4. Sister service captains/lieutenants (O-3s)
3.c.5. Government civilians (GS12 equivalent and above).
3.c.6. If space is available;
3.c.6.a. Marine Corps CWO2s with an approved waiver request.
3.c.6.b. Marine Corps Staff NonCommissioned Officers (SNCO)
(grade E-7 through E-9) with an approved waiver request.
3.d. Interested students should contact their closest CDET
Regional Point of Contact (POC) listed in paragraph six to obtain
more information on the waiver process.
3.e. Students must complete the 8670 prerequisite course described
in reference
(c) prior to attending the EWSBSP.
3.f. The following personnel are eligible to participate in CSCBSP
(in order of priority).
3.f.1. Marine majors (unrestricted and limited duty)
3.f.2. International officers
3.f.3. Major selects and CWO4s
3.f.4. Sister service majors/lieutenant commanders
3.f.5. Government civilians (GS-13 equivalent and above)
3.f.6. If space is available;
3.f.6.a. Captains who are CLS complete and have two years time in
grade at the time of reporting.
3.f.6.b. Marine Corps SNCOs (grade E-8 and E-9) with an approved
waiver request.
3.g. Eligible students desiring to apply should contact their Major
Subordinate Command (MSC) and the closest CDET regional director
listed in paragraph six. MSCs listed in paragraph 4.c. will
coordinate with applicants to fill their seat allocations.
3.h. Non funded TAD is authorized for SNCOs for the CSCBSP due to
congressional limitations. Those interested should contact the
closest regional director to their location for waiver request
assistance.
3.i. The Lejeune Leadership Institute (LLI) is requesting two seats
for the CSCBSP be made available to GS-13s or above at the Quantico
location. All applicants must submit their enrollment requests to
LLI at [email protected] no later than 1 May 2025 to be considered.
Applicants must be local to Quantico. No funded TAD is authorized.
Applicants will be board selected and selectees will be forwarded to
CDET for enrollment.
4. MSCs listed below are provided the following class seats. It is
highly recommended that the MSC training managers provide students
with military occupational specialty that span the entire Marine Air
Ground Task Force in order to enhance the learning experience.
4.a. EWSBSP class dates are listed below (read in four columns).
International Military Students (IMSs) report one week early for the
first resident (res) period.
Class nbr/ US Report IMS Report IMS/US Report
location 1st res period 1st res period 2nd res period
621-622/CLNC* 27 May 25(621) N/A -/28 Sep 25(622)
601-602/CLNC 6 Jul 25(601) 30 Jun 25(601) 22/26 Oct 25(602)
603-604/CPCA 6 Jul 25(603) 30 Jun 25(603) 22/26 Oct 25(604)
611-612/OKIN 6 Jul 25(611) 30 Jun 25(611) 22/26 Oct 25(612)
623-624/CLNC* 19 Nov 25(623) N/A -/5 Apr 26(624)
605-606/QUAN 4 Jan 26(605) 2 Jan 26(605) 22/26 Apr 26(606)
607-608/CLNC 4 Jan 26(607) 2 Jan 26(607) 22/26 Apr 26(608)
609-610/CPCA 4 Jan 26(609) 2 Jan 26(609) 22/26 Apr 26(610)
613-614/OKIN 4 Jan 26(613) 2 Jan 26(613) 22/26 Apr 26(614)
615-616/MCBH 4 Jan 26(615) 2 Jan 26(615) 22/26 Apr 26(616)
- Note – MARSOC Off Cycle Courses. If students from other CLNC MSCs
are interested in attending these courses, they should contact the
CLNC Region directly as there are a limited number of seats
available for local students only. No TECOM funding available for
these courses.
4.b. Course Identification (CID) (read in three columns):
Location 1st res 2nd res
CLNC M0329XI M0329QI
CPCA M1029XG M1029QG
QUAN M0229XG M0229QG
OKIN M2229X8 M2229Q8
MCBH M2129X7 M2129Q7
4.c. EWSBSP seat allocations are listed below (read in two columns).
MSC Class(MCTIMS) Seats
CDET 601-602/CLNC 4
603-604/CPCA 11 note1
605-606/QUAN 3
607-608/CLNC 4
609-610/CPCA 11 note1
611-612/OKIN 2
613-614/OKIN 2
615-616/MCBH 2 note1
621-622/CLNC 4
623-624/CLNC 4
MCCDC/MCNCRC 605-606/QUAN 1
MARFORCYBER/MCNCRC 605-606/QUAN 1
TECOM/TCOM/MCNCRC 605-606/QUAN 2
TECOM/TCOM 601-602/CLNC 8 note3
603-604/CPCA 4 note1
607-608/CLNC 8 note3
609-610/CPCA 4 note1
MARCORSYSCOM 605-606/QUAN 1
MARFORCOM 601-602/CLNC 30 note4
607-608/CLNC 30 note4
621-622/CLNC 3
623-624/CLNC 3
MCICOM 601-602/CLNC 3 note1
603-604/CPCA 3 note1
607-608/CLNC 3 note1
609-610/CPCA 3 note1
611-612/OKIN 3 note1
613-614/OKIN 3 note1
MCICOM/MCNCRC 605-606/QUAN 5 note2
MARFORPAC 603-604/CPCA 27 note3
609-610/CPCA 27 note3
611-612/OKIN 11 note2
613-614/OKIN 11 note2
615-616/MCBH 14 note4
MARSOC 621-622/CLNC 23 note2
623-624/CLNC 23 note2
MARFORRES 601-602/CLNC 3 note5
603-604/CPCA 3 note5
605-606/QUAN 3 note5
607-608/CLNC 3 note5
609-610/CPCA 3 note5
Note1: One CWO3 authorized.
Note2: Two CWO3s authorized.
Note3: Three CWO3s authorized.
Note4: Four CWO3s authorized.
Note5: Reserve BSP board selected/Marine Force Reserve (MARFORRES)
funded.
4.d. CSCBSP class dates are listed below (read in four columns).
There are no CSCBSP classes in OKIN or MCBH. Majors/CWO4s in OKIN
or MCBH are eligible to attend any of the CSCBSP classes at CPCA.
IMSs report one week early for the first resident period.
Class nbr/ US Report IMS Report IMS/US Report
location 1st res period 1st res period 2nd res period
601-602/QUAN 13 Jul 25(601) 9 Jul 25(601) 16/19 Apr 26(602)
603-604/CLNC 27 Jul 25(603) 21 Jul 25(603) 1/5 Apr 26(604)
605-606/CPCA 27 Jul 25(605) 21 Jul 25(605) 1/5 Apr 26(606)
607-608/CLNC 25 Jan 26(607) 20 Jan 25(607) 9/13 Sep 26(608)
609-610/CPCA 25 Jan 26(609) 20 Jan 25(609) 9/13 Sep 26(610)
4.e. CIDs (read in three columns):
Location 1st res 2nd res
QUAN M02SA1G M02RZZG
CLNC M03SA1I M03RZZI
CPCA M10SA1G M10RZZG
4.f. CSCBSP seat allocations are listed below (read in two columns).
MSC Class(MCTIMS) Seats/MOS Cat
CDET 601-602/QUAN 16 note6,9
603-604/CLNC 3 note6
605-606/CPCA 2 note6
607-608/CLNC 3 note6
509-610/CPCA 2 note6
MCCDC/MCNCRC 601-602/QUAN 1
TECOM/TCOM/MCNCRC 601-602/QUAN 2
TECOM/TCOM 603-604/CLNC 3
605-606/CPCA 2
607-608/CLNC 3
609-610/CPCA 2
MARCORSYSCOM/MCNCRC 601-602/QUAN 1
MARFORCOM 603-604/CLNC 6 note6
607-608/CLNC 6 note6
MCICOM/MCNCRC 601-602/QUAN 5 note6
MCICOM 603-604/CLNC 1
605-606/CPCA 1
607-608/CLNC 1
609-610/CPCA 1
MARFORPAC 605-606/CPCA 8 note7
609-610/CPCA 8 note7
MARFORSOC 603-604/CLNC 1
607-608/CLNC 1
MARFORRES 601-602/QUAN 4 note8
603-604/CLNC 2 note8
605-606/CPCA 3 note8
607-608/CLNC 2 note8
609-610/CPCA 3 note8
Note6: One CWO4 authorized.
Note7: Two CWO4s authorized.
Note8: Reserve BSP board selected/MARFORRES funded.
Note9: Two civilians in Quantico region requested. See para 3.i.
4.g. Regular and active reserve officers assigned to MARFORRES must
contact CDET’s Reserve Liaison Officer (RLO) listed in paragraph 6.g.
Similarly, commands with no allocations should contact the CDET
regional director nearest the command to inquire about BSP seats.
All officers assigned to commands that do not have Marine Corps
Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) student registrar
requirement sponsors or training quota control managers will be
registered by CDET/MCU (C40). Those officers assigned to the
National Capital Region will be registered by MCICOM/MCNCRC.
MCICOM Point of Contact (POC) is Mr. Ken Conover at phone (571)
256-7089 or (540) 538-9794 or email [email protected].
Those officers stationed (not deployed) OCONUS should contact the
CDET Student Support Coordinator, Mr. Steve O’Dell at phone (703)
784-2410 or email [email protected] for further participation
information.
4.h. Commands are encouraged to include international officers for
participation in the BSP. POCs in paragraph six of this message will
assist in these efforts by coordinating with TECOM Security
Assistance Branch. TECOM will not fund TAD for international
officers.
- Coordinating Instructions
5.a. MSCs listed in this MARADMIN are required to register names in
MCTIMS and to inform their local MCU/CDET Regional POC no later than
30 days before all EWSBSP and CSCBSP classes commence. All unused
seats after 30 days will revert to CDET control.
5.b. Uniform requirements: contact the appropriate regional POC for
local uniform requirements.
5.c. Any student with travel requirements will need to make them
through the Defense Travel System. Participating students should be
ready to begin classes at 0800 on the day following the US report
date as listed in paragraphs 4.a. and 4.d.
5.d. Reporting locations are as follows:
5.d.1. CPCA: EWSBSP: MCAS Camp Pendleton, Bldg 23195, second deck,
classroom 206. CSCBSP: MCB Camp Pendleton, Bldg 22181, first deck,
classroom 1. POC: Chet Jolley.
5.d.2. CLNC: Second deck Bldg 407, L Street with Mr. Marc Riccio.
5.d.3. OKIN: Second deck Bldg 5691 Camp Foster with Mr. William
Thompson.
5.d.4. MCBH: Second deck of Bldg 224 aboard MCBH with Mr. JK
Lowrey.
5.d.5. QUAN EWSBSP: Second deck Bldg 2077 (Geiger Hall) with Mr.
Stuart Weinstein.
5.d.6. QUAN CSCBSP: Bldg 2044 (Warner Center) suite 3126, with
Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Sparks.
5.e. Registration responsibility and funded TAD. MSC training quota
control managers will register participants into MCTIMS using the
formal school procedure outlined in reference (d) and in accordance
with paragraph 4.g. and 5.a. Those same managers must request
funding authorization for active duty participants requiring TAD via
MCTIMS in accordance with reference (e). Commanding General (CG),
TECOM (C464), will fund travel and per diem to include lodging,
meals, and incidental expenses for regular component Marine
participants registered and with approved funding in MCTIMS.
Students attending BSP on funded TAD orders must arrive for both
resident periods with reporting orders that state “Government
quarters and meals directed.” Upon departure the student will
receive a detaching endorsement that will indicate whether government
meals were available. All others should arrive for both periods with
permissive TAD orders approved by the parent command. Reserve
officers will receive funding for travel and per diem from MARFORRES.
Local travel will not be funded. In the event of an overnight
battlefield staff ride/offsite, MCU will provide an endorsement for
dual lodging for those sent TAD. Local students will be funded for
those events by MCU.
5.f. Local commanders must endorse letters of support for their
participating Marines. Format for these letters can be provided by
the closest CDET regional director listed in paragraph six.
Similarly, local commanders must provide a justification letter to
CG EDCOM/President MCU via the first O-6 in the chain of command for
any of their Marines who drop from the program.
5.g. The first resident period for the EWSBSP is less than 31 days.
Officers will not require "To Temporary Duty" (TD) fitness reports
(FITREPs) prior to attendance. The second resident period of six
weeks will require TD FITREPs from commands prior to attendance.
MCU will run "From Temporary Duty" (FD) FITREPs upon completion of
the program.
5.h. Both resident periods for the CSCBSP run over 30 days and will
require TD FITREPs from commands prior to attendance. MCU will run
FD FITREPs upon completion of each period.
5.i. USMC officers enrolled in MCTIMS for the BSP, and BSP
graduates, may volunteer to be considered by the Commandant's Career
Level Education Board (CCLEB) and the Commandant's Professional
Intermediate-Level Board (CPIB) for the purposes of assignment to
graduate-level education and select special programs only. These
officers will not be eligible for resident career-level PME or
resident intermediate-level PME. USMC officer BSP students and
graduates who volunteer to be considered by the CCLEB and CPIB must
notify their primary monitor of this intention no later than 30 days
before the CCLEB/CPIB board convenes. USMC officer CSCBSP graduates
and students enrolled in the CSCBSP are eligible for selection to
second year intermediate level PME schools which include the Marine
Corps School of Advanced Warfighting, the Army School of Advanced
Military Studies, the Navy Maritime Advanced Warfighting School, and
the Air Force School of Advanced Airpower Studies.
5.j. Students are required to possess a computer and are highly
encouraged to bring laptops or tablet devices to download student
materials for ease of use and studying while attending the BSP. No
printed materials will be provided.
- Command and Signal
6.a. QUAN CDET POC (EWSBSP): Mr. Stuart Weinstein (703) 784-5448;
[email protected].
6.b. QUAN CDET POC (CSCBSP): LtCol Timothy Sparks (703) 432-5691;
[email protected].
6.c. CPCA CDET POC: Mr. Chet Jolley; (760) 725-8400;
[email protected].
6.d. CLNC CDET POC: Mr. Marc Riccio; (910) 451-0282;
[email protected].
6.e. OKIN CDET POC: Mr. William Thompson; DSN 645-2500, comm
81-98-970-2500; [email protected].
6.f. MCBH CDET POC: Mr. JK Lowrey; (808) 257-1956;
[email protected].
6.g. MARFORRES CDET POC: Maj Taylor Adams, CDET RLO; (703) 784-3015
[email protected].
6.h. The CDET POC for all Marines not deployed and stationed in an
area outside the continental U.S. other than regions identified in
paragraphs 6.e. and 6.f. is the CDET Student Support Coordinator,
Mr. Steve O’Dell; (703) 784-2410; [email protected].
- Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy, President,
Marine Corps University.//