MARADMIN 158/26
OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 SEAT ALLOCATION ASSIGNMENTS
R 061231Z APR 26 MARADMIN 158/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA// SUBJ/OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 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/YMD: 20151117// REF/F/MSG/CMC/MARADMIN 570/25/YMD: 20261508// 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. REF F IS FORMAL SCHOOLS TRAINING SUPPORT FUNDING SHORTFALL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FY26.// POC1/CIV/S. ERDELATZ/DEAN/CDET/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: COMM 703.784.0741 /EMAIL: [email protected]// POC2/CIV/D. HASKIN/CSCDEP/CDET/LOC: QUANTICO/TEL: COMM 703.432.4693 /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 2026-2027.2.a. EWSBSP is delivered in three seminars: The initial resident seminar (IRS) is a 20-training day in-resident seminar over approximately four weeks, the non-resident seminar (NRS) is a 12-week online seminar, and the final resident seminar (FRS) is a 30-training day in-resident seminar over approximately six weeks. CSCBSP is also delivered in three seminars: The IRS is a 23-training day in-resident seminar over approximately five weeks, the NRS is a 28-week online seminar, and FRS is a 29-training day in-resident seminar over approximately six weeks. The number of training days above are approximate and will vary by region. See paragraphs 5.g and 5.h. for fitness report requirements. 2.b. Each resident period will be considered local travel or unit funded Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) (depending upon home station location), while the online seminar will be accomplished during the students’ 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. Major Subordinate Commands (MSC) (listed in para 4.c and 4.f) 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 O3 (unrestricted and Limited Duty Officers (LDO)) 3.c.2. International Officers 3.c.3. Marine O3 select and Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) 3 3.c.4. Other Service O3 3.c.5. Marine O2 3.c.6. GS12 or equivalent 3.c.7. Marine CWO2 (requires waiver for enrollment) 3.c.8. Marine E7-E9 (requires waiver for enrollment) 3.d. Interested students who require a waiver should contact their closest CDET Regional Point of Contact (POC) listed in paragraph 6 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 O4 (unrestricted and LDO) 3.f.2. International Officers 3.f.3. CWO4 3.f.4. Other Service O4 3.f.5. CLS-complete O3 with 24 months time in grade (TIG) 3.f.6. GS13 or equivalent 3.f.7. Marine CWO3 (requires waiver for enrollment) 3.f.8. Marine E8-E9 (requires waiver for enrollment) 3.g. Interested students who require a waiver should contact their closest CDET Regional POC listed in paragraph 6 to obtain more information on the waiver process. 3.h. Eligible students who desire to register should contact their MSC training managers to fill seat allocations. 4. MSCs listed below are provided with the following class seats, which are reflected in the Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS). It is highly recommended that the MSC training managers adhere to the listed priorities in 3.c. and 3.f. and provide students with military occupational specialties that span the entire Marine Air Ground Task Force in order to enhance the learning experience. Additionally, please adhere to the student codes listed under each course to ensure proper loading of students into MCTIMS. For example, code 0O is active-duty officer, and code 0W is active-duty warrant officer. 4.a. EWSBSP class and report dates for US students and International Military Students (IMS) are listed below (read in four columns). Class nbr/ US Report IMS Report IMS/US Report location 1st res period 1st res period 2nd res period 721-722/CLNC* 26 May 26(721) N/A -/27 Sep 26(722) 701-702/CLNC 6 Jul 26(701) 30 Jun 26(701) 21/25 Oct 26(702) 703-704/CPCA 6 Jul 26(703) 30 Jun 26(703) 21/25 Oct 26(704) 711-712/OKIN 6 Jul 26(711) 30 Jun 26(711) 21/25 Oct 26(712) 723-724/CLNC* 22 Nov 26(723) N/A -/4 Apr 27(724) 705-706/QUAN 4 Jan 27(705) 3 Jan 27(705) 21/25 Apr 27(706) 707-708/CLNC 4 Jan 27(707) 3 Jan 27(707) 21/25 Apr 27(708) 709-710/CPCA 4 Jan 27(709) 3 Jan 27(709) 21/25 Apr 27(710) 713-714/OKIN 4 Jan 27(713) 3 Jan 27(713) 21/25 Apr 27(714) 715-716/MCBH 4 Jan 27(715) 3 Jan 27(715) 21/25 Apr 27(716) 717-718/QUAN 6 Jul 26(717) 30 Jun 26(717) 21/25 Oct 26(718) * 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. 4.b. 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 701-702/CLNC 4 703-704/CPCA 11 705-706/QUAN 3 707-708/CLNC 4 709-710/CPCA 11 711-712/OKIN 1 713-714/OKIN 1 715-716/MCBH 2 717-718/QUAN 3 721-722/CLNC 4 723-724/CLNC 4 MCCDC/MCNCRC 705-706/QUAN 1 717-718/QUAN 1 MARFORCYBER/MCNCRC 705-706/QUAN 1 717-718/QUAN 1 TECOM/TCOM/MCNCRC 705-706/QUAN 2 717-718/QUAN 2 TECOM/TCOM 701-702/CLNC 8 703-704/CPCA 4 707-708/CLNC 8 709-710/CPCA 4 MARCORSYSCOM 705-706/QUAN 1 717-718/QUAN 1 MARFORCOM 701-702/CLNC 30 707-708/CLNC 30 721-722/CLNC 3 723-724/CLNC 3 MCICOM 701-702/CLNC 3 703-704/CPCA 3 707-708/CLNC 3 709-710/CPCA 3 711-712/OKIN 3 713-714/OKIN 3 MCICOM/MCNCRC 705-706/QUAN 5 717-718/QUAN 5 MARFORPAC 703-704/CPCA 27 709-710/CPCA 27 711-712/OKIN 12 713-714/OKIN 12 715-716/MCBH 14 MARSOC 721-722/CLNC 23 723-724/CLNC 23 MARFORRES 701-702/CLNC 3 (Note 1) 703-704/CPCA 3 (Note 1) 705-706/QUAN 3 (Note 1) 707-708/CLNC 3 (Note 1) 709-710/CPCA 3 (Note 1) 717-718/QUAN 3 (Note 1) Note 1: Reserve BSP board selected/Marine Forces 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. Class nbr/ US Report IMS Report IMS/US Report location 1st res period 1st res period 2nd res period 701-702/QUAN 12 Jul 26(701) 9 Jul 26(701) 22/25 Apr 27(702) 703-704/CLNC 26 Jul 26(703) 20 Jul 26(703) 30 Mar/4 Apr 27(704) 705-706/CPCA 26 Jul 26(705) 20 Jul 26(705) 30 Mar/4 Apr 27(706) 707-708/CLNC 24 Jan 27(707) 19 Jan 27(707) 8/12 Sep 27(708) 709-710/CPCA 24 Jan 27(709) 19 Jan 27(709) 8/12 Sep 27(710) 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 701-702/QUAN 16 703-704/CLNC 3 705-706/CPCA 2 707-708/CLNC 3 709-710/CPCA 2 MCCDC/MCNCRC 701-702/QUAN 1 TECOM/TCOM/MCNCRC 701-702/QUAN 2 TECOM/TCOM 703-704/CLNC 3 705-706/CPCA 2 707-708/CLNC 3 709-710/CPCA 2 MARCORSYSCOM/MCNCRC 701-702/QUAN 1 MARFORCOM 703-704/CLNC 6 707-708/CLNC 6 MCICOM/MCNCRC 701-702/QUAN 5 MCICOM 703-704/CLNC 1 705-706/CPCA 1 707-708/CLNC 1 709-710/CPCA 1 MARFORPAC 705-706/CPCA 8 709-710/CPCA 8 MARFORSOC 703-704/CLNC 1 707-708/CLNC 1 MARFORRES 701-702/QUAN 3 Note 2 703-704/CLNC 2 Note 2 705-706/CPCA 3 Note 2 707-708/CLNC 2 Note 2 709-710/CPCA 3 Note 2 Note 2: Reserve BSP board selected/MARFORRES funded. 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. Officers assigned to the National Capital Region will be registered by MCICOM/MCNCRC. MCICOM Point of Contact (POC) is Mr. Ken Conover at (571) 256-7089 or (540) 538-9794 or [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. Funding is not available. 5. Coordinating Instructions 5.a. MSCs listed in this MARADMIN are required to register students in MCTIMS for both IRS and FRS courses. All unused seats 30 days prior to seminar start dates will revert to CDET control. 5.b. Uniform requirements: contact the appropriate regional POC for local uniform requirements. 5.c. 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 will be provided to students once their enrollment has been approved and assigned to a seminar cohort. 5.e. Registration responsibility. 5.e.1. MSC training managers will register students into MCTIMS using the formal school procedure outlined in reference (d) and in accordance with paragraph 4.g. and 5.a. Students should arrive for both resident sessions with permissive TAD orders approved by the parent command. 5.e.2. Please be advised that travel funding for BSPs is not available from TECOM at this time. However, FSTS directs that commands continue to submit funding requests via MCTIMS to inform future funding projection purposes. If funding is required for travel, it is the responsibility of the students’ command to provide it. In the event of an overnight battlefield staff ride/offsite, MCU will provide an endorsement for dual lodging for those on unit-funded TAD. Local students will be funded for those events by CDET. 5.e.3. Reserve officers will receive funding for travel and per diem from MARFORRES. 5.f. Local commanders must endorse letters of support for their participating Marines, which ensures that Marines selected to attend the Initial Resident Seminar are also available to attend the Final Resident Seminar. 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 seminar for the EWSBSP is less than 30 days; Students will not require "To Temporary Duty" (TD) fitness reports (FITREPs) prior to attendance. The second resident period is more than 31 days; Students will require TD FITREPs from commands prior to attendance. CDET will run "From Temporary Duty" (FD) FITREPs upon completion of the program. 5.h. Both resident seminars for the CSCBSP are more than 31 days; Students will require TD FITREPs from commands prior to attendance. CDET will run FD FITREPs upon completion of each period. 5.i. “USMC officers enrolled in MCTIMS for the BSP, or BSP complete, will be ineligible for screening on the Commandant's Career Level Education Board (CCLEB) and the Commandant's Professional Intermediate-Level Board (CPIB) for the purposes of assignment to resident career-level PME or resident intermediate-level PME. Those officers enrolled in or complete with BSP will be eligible for screening for graduate education programs as outlined in the eligibility criteria in the Commandant’s Education Board (CEB) MARADMINs. USMC officer CSCBSP graduates and students enrolled in the CSCBSP are eligible for selection to advanced 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. 6. Command and Signal 6.a. QUAN CDET POC (EWSBSP): [email protected] 6.b. QUAN CDET POC (CSCBSP): LtCol Grant Covey (703) 784-5446; [email protected]. 6.c. CPCA CDET POC: (760) 725-8400; [email protected] 6.d. CLNC CDET POC: Mr. Marc Riccio; (910) 451-0282; [email protected]. 6.e. OKIN CDET POC: LtCol Brock Lennon; DSN (315) 645-2223, comm 81-98-970-2223; [email protected]. 6.f. MCBH CDET POC: Mr. JK Lowrey; (808) 496-1956; [email protected]. 6.g. MARFORRES CDET POC: Captain Turner Ables, (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]. 6.i. International Officer Assistance. TECOM G-3 Security Assistance Branch: [email protected]. 7. Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy, President, Marine Corps University.//