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Marine Corps University

Health Assessment

of PME StudyImplementation Plan

and Resource Requirements

2008-2016

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Mission Analysis

CPG Guidance: Assess the health of our PME programs and, taking advantage of recent studies, make recommendations for reorganization, resourcing, and adjusting throughput that will strengthen officer and enlisted PME.

Specified: Assess Health of “USMC” PME (utilize 2006 OPME study)Implied:• Holistic – All ranks, officer and enlisted, resident and distance • Review of all officer PME programs (foreign, joint, fellowships,

scholarships) Specified: Make recommendations for reorganization, resourcing, and

adjusting throughput Implied:

• In-depth review of PME programs• Integrate with USMC end strength increase

• EPME/T Policy – PME equivalency, infantry career progression,

and promotion policy

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Health Assessment

Students

Curriculum

PME & Support Programs

Faculty & Staff

Facilities & IET Infrastructure

USMC Policy

Legend

Fully Operational

Few Problems

Significant Problems

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Students

• CLS, ILS, & TLS resident throughput has remained steady for past 5 years

• DEP completion rates have increased for CLS & ILS

• DEP completion rates have decreased for TLS

• DEP graduates approx twice as many students as resident programs

• EPME completion rates vary widely by rank over past 5 years

Cpl & Sgt completion rates have increased

SSgt & GySgt completion rates have decreased

EPME Throughput

OPME Throughput

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Curriculum (Officer)

MCU curricula is properly focused on educating leaders to meet the warfighting and security demands of the 21st Century

MCU schools are the repository (and currently only venue) for Combined Arms Operations, MAGTFery, and Amphibious Operations across the spectrum of conflict

Accreditation enhances academic rigor and assessment requirements

Curriculum Review Board (CRB) provides programmatic oversight for PME continuum and ensures appropriate emphasis on art vs. science and appropriate emphasis on culture & language

Inadequate Information Education Technology (IET) and facility capabilities limit development/delivery of curricula

C2 and Strategic Communication portions of curricula need strengthening

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PME Programs (Officer)

Career-Level

Schools (CLS)

Resources Required:

• EWS resident structure is sound, remains same• Wartime POI if required (two six month courses)• POM-12 MCON new academic facility

Intermediate-Level

Schools (ILS)

Resources Required:

• CSC and CSCDEP throughput correct• CSC – create SAW-like experience (smaller seminars)• POM-10 $591K civilian faculty; POM 12 MCON

Advanced ILS

(SAW)

Resources Required:

• Throughput inadequate (PP&O study underway)• Establish SAW as separate school• POM-12 MCON new academic facility

Top Level School (TLS)

Resources Required:

• Double size of MCWAR over five years• Expand TLS opportunities• POM-10 $377K civilian faculty; POM 12 MCON; additional Marine students

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PME Programs (Enlisted)

Corporals Course • Entire Course rewritten, more practical applications• Course materials available to units beginning Jan 08• Distance education curriculum revision begins Jan 08• 202K ESI adds billets at SNCO/A as MET cadres

Sergeants and

Career Course

• Dedicated Curriculum developers being hired• More practical applications• Forward Observer Personal Computer Simulation tested

Advanced Course • Dedicated curriculum developers being hired• Course revision underway; 12-18 months to complete• More critical thinking, guided discussions

Senior EnlistedCourse

Resources Required

• Rigorous curriculum…measurable outcomes• Five week in-residence pilot program spring 08

• POM-10 $1.63M

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PME Support Programs

Lejeune Leadership Institute est. 2005

• Leadership excellence, values, and ethics

• Senior Leader Development Program

• Commander’s Program

• Professional Reading Program

• Resources Required: POM-10 $499K

Marine Corps University Press est. 2008

• Specific recommendation of 2006 OPME Study

• Primary publishing arm of MCU

• Quarterly professional journal, papers and manuscripts Resources Required: POM-10 $837K

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PME Support Programs

Center for Strategic Studies est. 2007

• Supports Strategic Visions Group

• Focus on China and Iran

• 3 FTE civilian/contract personnel Resources Required: POM-10 $344K

Leadership Communication Skills Center est. 2007

• Leadership through communications…oral and written

• Supports both officer and enlisted PME

• 3 FTE civilian/contract personnel Resources Required: POM-10 $220K

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PME Support Programs

School of MAGTF Logistics (SOML)

• ALOC, TLOC, and MCLEP

• DC I&L requests increased student throughput

• Increase number of ALOC and TLOC in-residence opportunities

• Create a mobile education team Resources Required: POM-10 $186K

MCU Culture and Language Program

• DLI 40 hours of survival language course

• Currently under GWOT funding program

• Arabic, French, Chinese, or Korean Resources Required: POM-10 $170K

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Faculty & Staff

Faculty …Center of gravity of the University• Too few faculty to properly develop, deliver, and assess curriculum• Fully engaged, no research, writing, or publishing opportunities• Student to faculty ratio too large, seminars too large

Staff• Inadequate number to support schools and programs• Original T/O was too small…no increase since 1990• Tremendous growth in staff requirements and functional areas

Resources Available: 202K End Strength Increase (partial solution) • 80 military (69 – EPME; 11 – OPME) • $1.1M funding provided to support additional civilian faculty and staff billets

Resources Required: POM-10 $7.4M (see slide #16) adds civilian faculty and staff to support improved and expanded PME programs.

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Information Education Technology (IET)

MCU’s IET infrastructure is unsatisfactory• NMCI not designed to support an academic environment• No capability to conduct wargaming, modeling, and simulation• No IET faculty or staff to design, develop, deliver, manage, integrate,

and coordinate C2 and IO curriculum• Deficiencies in current facilities restricts short-term and mid-term

solutions• Imbalance in “art vs. science”

IET Master Plan Study underway• Supports the Strategic Plan and Facilities Master Plan• Establish an IET division in FY 08 and hire Director of IET• Combination of civilian and contract support personnel

Resources Required: POM-10 $2.55M

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Main campus facilities are inadequate• History Division and EPME housed in temporary facilities• SOML has no dedicated classroom space• Breckinridge, Dunlap, and Ellis Halls already at max capacity• Antiquated IET infrastructure and classroom size

Facilities Master Plan Study

Four MCON projects required to address main campus deficiencies:• P-615 SNCO/A Annex 10,000 Sq.Ft.• Bldg 3080 (old mess hall) renovation for SOML• P-541 Extension to the Gray Research Center 48,000 Sq.Ft.• P-XXX Academic Support Instructional Facility 110,000 Sq.Ft.

Satellite Campuses (SNCO/A) require MCON for new or renovated facilities

Resources Required: See slide # 17

Facilities

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GRC Extension and ASIF

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Policy

Board selection process for resident PME is positive

Revised PME Order provides clarity for PME completion requirements

CMC White Letter to emphasize importance of completing PME at all ranks

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Way Ahead

• Retain EWS current Structure• Increase number of CSC seminars (from 12 to 16)• Adjust SAW throughput based on requirement• Double the size of MCWAR to two conference groups in near term• Execute EPME/T plan; create Senior Enlisted Course• Establish MCU Press and IET Division• Sustain and improve LLI, CSS, LCSC, SOML, and CSC language programs

Curriculum

PME and PME Support Programs

• Improve C2 and Strategic Communication portions of curricula

• Publish CMC White Letter and new PME OrderPolicy

Facilities & IET

Infrastructure

• Complete IET and Facilities Master Plan Study• Identify and justify MCON requirements for POM-12/14/16

Faculty & Staff • Increase faculty and staff size through 202K Plus Up and POM-10 Initiatives

Students• Continue OPME board selection process for resident schools• Increase number of students in MCWAR

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Summary POM-10 O&MMC Requirements

Project/Program O&MMC

Information Education Technology Division $2.5M EPME Senior Enlisted Course $1.6M MCWAR Expansion $377K Lejeune Leadership Institute $499K Expansion of CSC Seminars $591K MCU Press $837K Center for Strategic Studies

$344K Leadership Communications Skills Center $220K School of MAGTF Logistics $186K Continuation of MCU Culture and Language Program

$170K

Total POM-10 Health Assessment of PME Initiatives $7.4M

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Summary MCON Requirements

POM Project/Program MCON Collateral

12 P-003 SNCO/A Lejeune $26M $8M12 P-615 SNCO/A Annex $4M $1.3M12 Renovate Bldg 3080 $1.5M $.5M12 P-541 GRC Extension $16M $3M12 P-XXX ASIF $42M $13M

14 SNCO/A 29 Palms $8M $2M14 SNCO/A Hawaii $8M $2M

16 SNCO/A Pendleton $8M $2M16 SNCO/A Okinawa/Guam $15M $5M Total Costs Estimates: $128.5M $36.8M

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Summary of Total Resource Requirements

Requirement 41,876 43,274 159,777 45,639 66,645 47,846 78,778

Projected Funding* 34,468 35,679 36,413 37,407 38,202 39,202 39,555

Delta (7,408) (7,595) (123,364) (8,237) (28,443) (8,644) (38,923)

* Projected from MCPC 660698,670108,670103,660598 funding

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QUESTIONS