Professional Military Education

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Professional Military Education
PME Requirements and Schools for SNCOS and
Officers
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PME SCHOOLS

• Introduction Resident and Nonresident
  Professional
• Military Education is vital for both SNCOS and
  Officers
• career enhancement.
• The key difference between resident and
  nonresident
• courses is that resident school requires
  attendance at
• their particular school for a period of 3 months
  to one
• year while nonresident school is a correspondence
  based
• program that the individual can do at home or
  through
• study groups.
• The material is the same at both the resident and
  
• nonresident schools, with the student having to
  complete
• and be tested on the same material.

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PME SCHOOLS

• Resident Schools for SNCOS
• Staff Sergeants- Staff Noncommissioned Officer
  Academy Career Course Length 7 weeks
• Gunnery Sergeants- Staff Noncommissioned Officer
  Academy Advanced Course Length 7 weeks
• First Sergeants- 1stSergeant Career Symposium
  Length 1 week
• These schools are primarily located at major
  Marine bases such as Okinawa, Camp Pendleton, CA
  Camp Lejeune, NC and Quantico, VA.

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PME SCHOOLS

• Nonresident Courses for SNCOS
• Staff Sergeants- Staff Noncommissioned Officer
  Nonresident Career Course, Warfighting Course
• Gunnery Sergeants- Staff Noncommissioned Officer
  Nonresident Advanced Course, Warfighting Course,
  Expeditionary Warfare Course Phase I
• Master Sergeant/1stSgt- Expeditionary Warfare
  Course Phase I and Phase II
• To enroll in these courses Marines must go to the
  Marine Corps Institute website and order these
  materials online.

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PME SCHOOLS

• Resident Courses for Officers
• Captain- Expeditionary Warfare School Quantico,
  VA Length-10 months
• Major- Command and Staff College Quantico, VA
  Length- 1 year
• Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel- Marine Corps War
  College Quantico, VA Length- 1 year

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PME SCHOOLS

• Nonresident Courses for Officers
• Captain- Expeditionary Warfare School Nonresident
  Course
• Major- Command and Staff College Nonresident
  Course, Army Command and General Staff
  Nonresident Course, Naval War College Nonresident
  Course, Air Command and General Staff College
• Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel- Army War College,
  Naval War College Nonresident Course, Joint
  Forces Staff College Nonresident Course, Air War
  College

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PME SCHOOLS

• Differences between SNCO and Officer PME
  Opportunities
• Officer courses are much longer in length than
  SNCOS. The schools that the SNCOS attend
  average less than 3 months while for Officers the
  minimum time is 9 months with most lasting up to
  one year in length.
• Officers have other resident schools they may
  attend through the other services such as the
  Navy, Army and Air Force. These include the
  Naval Command and Staff College, Air War College,
  Army General Command and Staff College, and the
  Army War College.

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DISTANCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Online PME Courses
• Marine Net is the online website where Marines
  have the opportunity to take PME type courses for
  credits. This is for all ranks but the number of
  classes available is limited. Classes include
  weapons classes, anti-terrorism classes, and
  basic mathematics and English composition
  classes.
• Distance Learning Opportunities (College Courses)
• Marines have the ability to take online college
  courses with colleges stationed on base. Using
  their TA (Tuition Assistance) they can have their
  books and tuition paid for by the government. The
  G.I. Bill also is an excellent source of tuition
  money where the government provides most or all
  of the funding needed for tuition and books with
  no extra strings attached. To be eligible to use
  the G.I. Bill Marines must pay a 1200 allotment
  over one year.

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QUESTIONS

• Any questions from the group?
• Time to test your knowledge with a simple quiz
  consisting of 10 questions.